Tradition Trumps the Treaty: Bolivia Repeals its Ban on Coca

[1] Coletta Youngers, “U.S. Renews Anachronistic Campaign to Stamp Out Coca Leaf Chewing,” Foreign Policy in Focus, January 2011, http://www.druglawreform.info/en/issues/unscheduling-the-coca-leaf/item/1059-us-renews-anachronistic-campaign-to-stamp-out-coca-leaf-chewing-

[2] The Commission of Enquiry on the Coca Leaf, January 1, 1949

[3] “Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, As amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961,” International Narcotics Control Board, 1972, http://www.incb.org/incb/convention_1961.html

[4] “Bolivia Withdraws from the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,” TNI/WOLA Press Release, June 30, 2011, http://www.druglawreform.info/en/issues/unscheduling-the-coca-leaf/item/2593-bolivia-withdraws-from-the-un-single-convention-on-narcotic-drugs

[5] Evo Morales, “Letter to the Secretary General Ban Ki Moon,” March 12, 2009

[6] Evo Morales, “Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves,” New York Times, March 13, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/opinion/14morales.html

[7] Coletta Youngers, “U.S. Renews Anachronistic Campaign to Stamp Out Coca Leaf Chewing,” Foreign Policy in Focus, January 2011, http://www.druglawreform.info/en/issues/unscheduling-the-coca-leaf/item/1059-us-renews-anachronistic-campaign-to-stamp-out-coca-leaf-chewing-

[8] Anthony Henman and Pien Metaal, “Coca Myths,” TNI Drugs and Conflicts Debate, Nr. 17, June 2009

[9] Ibid.

[10] “Coca Leaf: Nutritional Value,” The Coca Museum, http://www.cocamuseum.com/htm/nutritional.htm

[11] Anthony Henman and Pien Metaal, “Coca Myths,” TNI Drugs and Conflicts Debate, Nr. 17, June 2009

[12] Ibid.

[13] United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People, Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007

[14] Martin Jelsma, “Lifting the ban on coca chewing,” TNI Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies, Nr. 11, March 2011, p. 4

[15] Martin Jelsma, “Lifting the ban on coca chewing,” TNI Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies, Nr. 11, March 2011, p. 7

[16] “International Narcotics Control Board Regrets Bolivia's Denunciation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,” UNODC, July 6, 2011, http://www.unodc.org/southerncone/en/frontpage/2011/07/06-junta-internacional-de-control-de-narcoticos-lamenta-la-denuncia-de-bolivia-de-la-convencion-unica-de-estupefacientes.html

[17] Martin Jelsma, “Bolivia’s denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,” Transnational Institute, June 30, 2011, http://www.druglawreform.info/en/issues/unscheduling-the-coca-leaf/item/2596-bolivias-denunciation-of-the-1961-single-convention-on-narcotic-drugs-

[18] Ibid.

[19] “DRUGS: Morales takes a stand on coca,” LatinNews, July 2011, http://www.latinnews.com/lra/LRA22842.asp?instance=9

[20] David Mercado, “Bolivia drops out of UN drug pact to protect its coca chewers,” Christian Science Monitor, July 18, 2011, http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0718/Bolivia-drops-out-of-UN-drug-pact-to-protect-its-coca-chewers

[21] “Bolivia's president says he remains afraid of U.S. plot,” CNN World, July 27, 2011, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-27/world/bolivia.morales.interview_1_president-evo-morales-bolivia-drug-trafficking?_s=PM:WORLD