Bolivia defends coca consumption at U.N. meeting
		
				Reuters
Monday, March 12, 2012
	
	
	Monday, March 12, 2012
 Bolivian  President Evo Morales defended Bolivians' right to chew coca leaves, the  main ingredient of cocaine, on Monday, saying it was an ancient  radition and the world's No. 3 cocaine producer was working to fight drug trafficking. Holding up a coca leaf to help underline his message at a United Nations anti-drugs meeting in Vienna, the leftist leader, a former coca leaf farmer, said coca leaf producers were not "drug dealers" and it was not the same as cocaine.
Bolivian  President Evo Morales defended Bolivians' right to chew coca leaves, the  main ingredient of cocaine, on Monday, saying it was an ancient  radition and the world's No. 3 cocaine producer was working to fight drug trafficking. Holding up a coca leaf to help underline his message at a United Nations anti-drugs meeting in Vienna, the leftist leader, a former coca leaf farmer, said coca leaf producers were not "drug dealers" and it was not the same as cocaine.
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