Drug Wars – Peru

Coca is a native to South America and the chewing of coca leaves has been practiced there since 3000 B.C. In the 1400s, the Inca operated coca plantations. They chewed the leaves for religious and medicinal purposes and to fight off fatigue and hunger. The Spanish introduced coca to Europe where it was only occasionally used until the 1800s. In 1855, cocaine was extracted from coca leaves. Then cocaine became widely used for medicinal purposes, treatment of morphine addiction, in tonics, and even soft drinks. Cocaine is still used world wide by people of all ages, colors, social groups, religion, and economic status.
Peru is the world's largest single source of coca leaves, providing about two-thirds of the cocaine produced in the world. Today cocaine is big business in Peru. There are approximately 1 million Peruvian peasants that are growing an estimated 600,000 acres of coca. Many coca leaves grown in Peru are flown to Columbia to be processed but......

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