China built a global empire on silk and never apologized. Colombia has the same natural monopoly with coca — and every reason to own it.
From coastal Peruvian fishing villages to the Inca imperial road system to the silver mines of Potosí, the coca leaf has been humanity's longest-running relationship with a stimulant plant.
In 2016, the DEA tried to schedule kratom as a controlled substance. The public revolt that followed is the most relevant recent precedent for coca reform — and it's worth studying in…
The pharmacology of ADHD stimulants and the coca leaf is closer than most people realize. The real variable isn't what these compounds do — it's how fast they do it.