strategy
Decriminalizing coca leaf production
Claim:
Support and assistance should be provided for research on alternatives to cocaine, while at the same time the Andean reality of the coca leaf should be respected. It would be fairer and more constructive for the peasant producers of the Andes not only to benefit from an ancestral asset of their culture, but also to derive legal profit from the manufacture of many natural products made from coca leaf (tea, tonics, toothpaste, shampoo, dietary products and natural medicines, including products to help drug addicts overcome withdrawal symptoms). These two rights (the right to culture and the right to exploit natural resources) are embodied in the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Persons.
Broader:
Decriminalizing Constrains:
Treating long-term effects of cocaine abuse Facilitates:
Regulating output of production Facilitated by:
Decriminalizing drugs Problems:
Growth of coca for the drug tradeOrganizations:
Single Convention on narcotic drugs, 1961 Subjects:
Industry → ProductionPlant Life → Botany
Plant Life → Plants yielding stimulants
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
