Coca is a plant cultivated and used by Andean and Amazonian peoples for millennia for nutritional, medicinal, ceremonial and social purposes. Its leaf — chewed, brewed or used in traditional preparations — has long been distinguished from isolated alkaloid derivatives in cultural, scientific and policy debates. ICEERS gathers here content on it: its traditional uses, ethnobotanical research, human rights implications and the international debate on access to coca.
