The UN Coca Leaf Review and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Can the WHO Meet the Moment? Coca Chronicles #5

9 months ago mqfnmymy

The World Health Organization (WHO) bears significant institutional responsibility for the historical error of classifying the coca leaf as a Schedule I narcotic under the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs(external link). In 1950, the UN Commission of Enquiry on the Coca Leaf(external link) released a racially prejudiced report intent on demonstrating the harms purportedly inflicted […]