Coca

Coca
Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense leaves and berries
Product name	Coca, coca leaves.
Source plant(s)	Erythroxylum coca var. coca, Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu Erythroxylum novogranatense var. novogranatense, Erythroxylum novogranatense var. truxillense
Part(s) of plant	Leaves, fruits
Geographic origin	Andes[1]
Active ingredients	Cocaine, benzoylecgonine, ecgonine, others
Legal status	AU: S9 (Prohibited substance) CA: Schedule I DE: Anlage I (Authorized scientific use only) NZ: Class C UK: Class A US: Schedule II UN: Narcotic Schedule I EU: List I Netherlands Controlled unless decocainized, legal in South America except in Brazil and Paraguay.

Coca is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to north-western South America. The plant plays a significant role in traditional Andean culture. Coca leaves contain cocaine alkaloids, a basis for the drug cocaine, which is a powerful stimulant. Today the plant has many uses, including traditional use by Andean cultures to flavoring Coca-Cola products to use as an anesthetic.^[2][3]

1. ↑ Drug Enforcement Administration (April 23, 2013). "Coca: History". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
2. ↑ May, Clifford D (1988-07-01). "How Coca-Cola Obtains Its Coca". The New York Times.
3. ↑ Grant, Stephen; Hoffman, Robert (August 1992). "Use of tetracaine, epinephrine, and cocaine as a topical anesthetic in the emergency department". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 21 (8): 987–997. doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(05)82942-7. PMID 1497171. Retrieved August 22, 2014.