In 1961 the United Nations decided that they would try to ban Coca Leaf Chewing with in 25 years. As with most other things in this generation it has not been accomplished. Many claim that the leaf can be linked to high blood pressure and cancer.
By banning coca leaf chewing you will not fully stop the practice. It is similar to the ban on marijuana. The practice will just go underground.
33 years after the initial agreement to ban coca leaf chewing there still has not been a ban on coca leaf chewing. The question is just now being asked. Who should be making the decisions to ban the addictive leaf. Should it be the United nations with out the full co-operation of the Bolivian government or should the Government of Bolivia decide the fate of an age old tradition originally practiced by the the cultures of the Andes mountains.
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