{"title":"Rethinking the Economic Geography of the Coca Leaf: Fortune, Folly, or Fantasy?","authors":"Timothy Scott Pruett","doi":"10.1111/foge.12030","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article explains the role of Peruvian coca production in the war on drugs and explores the viability of expanding the market for legal, non-narcotic coca products as a means of reducing the flow of coca leaf toward the illicit cocaine market and potentially reducing conflict between peasants and the state in Peru.\n\n <figure>\n <div><picture>\n <source></source></picture><p></p>\n </div>\n </figure>\n </p>","PeriodicalId":100538,"journal":{"name":"Focus on Geography","volume":"57 2","pages":"84-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/foge.12030","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Focus on Geography","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/foge.12030","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article explains the role of Peruvian coca production in the war on drugs and explores the viability of expanding the market for legal, non-narcotic coca products as a means of reducing the flow of coca leaf toward the illicit cocaine market and potentially reducing conflict between peasants and the state in Peru.