Coca - Wikipedia
WEBCoca leaf is the raw material for the manufacture of the drug cocaine, a powerful stimulant and anaesthetic extracted chemically from large quantities of coca leaves. Today, since it has mostly been replaced as a medical anaesthetic by synthetic analogues such as procaine , cocaine is best known as an illegal recreational drug .
How Cocaine Is Made | From Plant To Brick - Ark Behavioral Health
WEBMar 3, 2022 · Cocaine hydrochloride (cocaine) is an illicit drug derived from the leaves of the coca plants of South America. The leaves are processed with various harmful chemicals into a white powder, known as cocaine.
How Coca Leaves Get Made Into Coca Paste and Cocaine in ...
WEBOct 27, 2020 · In makeshift labs across Colombia, farmers and technicians begin to turn coca leaves into coca paste, which eventually becomes cocaine sold all around the world.
Cocaine - Wikipedia
WEBthe leaves are then taken to a flat area and spread out on tarpaulins to dry in the hot sun for approximately 6 hours, and afterwards placed in 25 lb (11 kg) sacks to be transported to market or to a cocaine processing facility depending on location
Coca leaf: Myths and Reality - Transnational Institute
WEBAug 5, 2014 · The 'ready extractability' of cocaine from coca leaves is currently the major argument to justify the current illegal status of the leaf in the 1961 Single Convention. The cocaine alkaloid content in coca leaf ranges between 0,5 and 1,0 percent.
Coca | Medicinal Uses, Stimulant, Andean Cultures | Britannica
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Coca, (Erythroxylum coca), tropical shrub, of the family Erythroxylaceae, the leaves of which are the source of the drug cocaine. The plant, cultivated in Africa, northern South America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan, grows about 2.4 metres (8 feet) tall.
How Cocaine is Made: Origins, Additives, and Distribution
WEBAug 16, 2022 · Coca leaves are harvested, mixed with substances (e.g., nitric acid) and treaded to extract coca paste, and then coca paste is crystallized and purified to make cocaine. One coca leaf contains 1% of cocaine.
Cocaine | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Cocaine is an addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylon coca) which is native to South America. Cocaine can be snorted through the nose, rubbed into gums, injected into the bloodstream, or smoked.
Cocaine ‑ Definition, Crack & Plant - HISTORY
WEBMay 31, 2017 · Cocaine, a stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant, was used as a surgical anesthetic and in commercial products by the late 19th century.
Coca – much more than a drug source - Kew
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Leaves were traditionally chewed to gain the benefits from all the compounds in a measured dose, but today cocaine can be extracted at scale. This practice has detrimental impacts on the environment, requiring thousands of leaves and the application of harmful chemicals.