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The plant is rich in vitamins, minerals, calcium, iron, fiber, protein and calories; helps stimulate breathing and allows the lungs to absorb more oxygen, which is useful in the highlands of Bolivia.

Another added: “Not b*******, Coca Cola used to have cocaine in it, which comes from the coca plant so, coca, cola. “It wasn’t anything like the way it is now, though. Back then, cocaine was ...

As the chart shows, 2023 seizures of cocaine reached an all-time high, which incidentally did nothing to curb the flow of the narcotic. Source: UNODC Colombia Coca Cultivation Surveys 2013 to 2023.