Coca - Wikipedia
Coca 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
2022年3月3日 · 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.
COCA - Uses, Side Effects, and More - WebMD
When taken by mouth: Coca leaf that has had the cocaine removed (decocainized) is commonly used as a food flavoring. There isn't enough reliable information to know if regular coca leaves are...
How Cocaine is Made: Origins, Additives, and Distribution
2022年8月16日 · 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.
Coca leaf: Myths and Reality - Transnational Institute
2014年8月5日 · 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.
How Coca Leaves Get Made Into Coca Paste and Cocaine in …
2020年10月27日 · 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.
Coca: The History and Medical Significance of an Ancient Andean ...
Coca is an indigenous plant of South America with numerous alkaloid components, the most well-known one of which is the psychoactive component, cocaine. Its leaves have been a staple in the Andean lifestyle for thousands of years. Strong interest in coca use has existed in the anthropological world for decades.
Cocaine ‑ Definition, Crack & Plant - HISTORY
2017年5月31日 · 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 | Medicinal Uses, Stimulant, Andean Cultures | Britannica
6 天之前 · 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.
Coca - DEA Museum
Cocaine is produced from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythoxylon coca). The plant grows almost exclusively in northern and western South America. Colombia is now the main producer of illegal cocaine with Peru, Bolivia, and Chile providing significant amounts of the drug.