... – any discussion of the marked differences in the route and rate of absorption of coca alkaloids by this method, as opposed to the much more rapid methods of assimilation of cocaine in hydrochloride or free-base form. The purpose of this paper is to address the significance of the route and rate...

... of the psychiatric frame of reference adopted by governments to deal with coca leaf consumption has led to the “war on drugs.” Prejudice WHO Cocaine Coca Psychiatry War on drugs Coca leaf (Erythroxylum coca Lamarck; Erythroxylum novogranatense Morris) has been a nutritional, energizing...