Professor Muhammad Yunus, Winner of the 2006 Noble Peace Prize, Will Inaugurate Grameen America April 25 in New York City
Moves to ban cultivation of coca plants in Latin America are driven by politics, not by health issues or protection of the public Articles March 30, 2008 1:00 PM | The Incas chewed it. For the last 3,000 years the indigenous peoples of Bolivia and Peru have chewed or drunk coca tea without any apparent harm to their health. It is also used by healers and in ceremonial offerings to the gods. Pope John Paul II even drank coca tea on a visit to Bolivia in 1988. Now a UN body wants to ban it. The (International Narcotics Control Board) has decided to crack down on the culture of coca among the...
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