It found that Peru may have overtaken Colombia as the world's biggest grower of coca leaf. See article.

报告显示秘鲁可能已经超过哥伦比亚，成为世界古柯叶种植量最多的国家。

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Cocaine is not the same as the coca leaf it is derived from; for centuries, natives in South American countries regularly chewed on the coca leaf for its anesthetic and mild stimulant properties.

从古柯叶上根本提取不到可卡因，数百年来，南美原住民通过嚼古柯叶获得麻醉和轻度兴奋。

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Morales vows to roll back eradication efforts in Bolivia and de-criminalize the coca leaf, though he's backing a zero cocaine policy.

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The populations which include the cocaleros (coca leaf growers) in Bolivia or the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) indeed have been key players in the election of leaders such as Evo Morales and Rafael Correa.

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' US officials say the legally sanctioned coca leaf quota here already satisfies traditional uses and that more coca production will only mean more cocaine flowing out of Bolivia, but Morales says he's against cocaine and wants to talk with Washington about it.

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