A total of 81 bales of cocaine, weighing 3.2 tonnes, were intercepted by the New Zealand Police. Some of the packages carried identifiable stickers like a four-leaf clover and a Batman logo.

A tobacco plant relative called Nicotiana benthamiana has been genetically modified to produce cocaine in its leaves. Cocaine is produced naturally in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant ...

A worker monitors coca leaf-flavored beer bottles on the assembly line at El Viejo Roble liqueurs in La Paz, Bolivia (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights ...

Alongside an expansive range of coca-infused rums and vodkas, the producer has made a name for itself by using coca leaf — the main ingredient in cocaine — to create its signature beverages.

When Americans are presented with the word “coca,” their mind likely jumps to cocaine. In fact, the two are often conflated ...

But, in the 1800s, cocaine — a powerful stimulant isolated and extracted from the coca leaf by the power of chemistry — became Europeans’ drug du jour. It found its way into medicine as well ...

Two of the world's biggest cocaine suppliers, Colombia and Bolivia, want the U.N. to remove the coca leaf from its list of dangerous drugs. They argue the leaf has many uses unrelated to narcotics.

TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab.

Ecuador has emerged as a top cocaine exporter, while cultivation of coca leaf has increased in Peru and Central America. That has helped push global cocaine production higher than it has ever been.