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Coca, Leaf of the Gods

The coca plant was venerated in the Andes for 5,000 years before European scientists discovered that it could be used to make cocaine. Since then, the nourishing, sacred plant has become one of the most vilified on earth. Cultural anthropologist Wade Davis asks: can it return from the brink to become a global wonder drug for the 21st century?

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  • Narrator & Writer: Wade Davis

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