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coca

South American shrub belonging to the coca family, whose dried leaves are the source of the drug cocaine. It was used as a holy drug by the Andean Indians. (Erythroxylon coca, family Erythroxylaceae.)



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However, the chewing of coca leaves and the use of prison jargon were common elements of prisoner subculture.
Today, one can see deputies chewing coca leaves in the halls of Parliament.
But he must convince Washington, which subjects all aid to progress on drug eradication, to loosen restrictions on growing coca leaves.
 
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