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The Sacred Indigenous Story of the Coca Leaf

Latino USA by iHeartPodcasts

Jul 10, 202629:22Society & Culture

Indigenous groups in South America have been cultivating the coca leaf for 8 millennia. But when the coca leaf became the base ingredient for cocaine, its story changed. In 1961, the United Nations classified the coca le...

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The Sacred Indigenous Story of the Coca Leaf is an episode from Latino USA by iHeartPodcasts. Indigenous groups in South America have been cultivating the coca leaf for 8 millennia. But when the coca leaf became the base ingredient for coca...

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Published Jul 10, 2026, 29:22 long, audio available.

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