Is Coca Leaf the Next Medical Marijuana?

Ocean Malandra
6 min readJun 25, 2018

Originally Published on Prohbtd.com

by Ocean Malandra

As the mighty cannabis plant sweeps the world in its unstoppable wave of legalization, can a New World counterpart — the power-packed coca leaf that is widely prohibited as the source of cocaine — become the next miracle medicine to shake off its bad rep and step forward to heal the world? A brand-new study says

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Ocean Malandra

Environmental journalist with words in Mongabay, Earth Island Journal, Vice, Parabola Magazine, High Times, Paste Magazine and more. muckrack.com/ocean-malandra