Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The government of President Rodrigo Paz said it will push to revise Bolivia's legal framework for coca leaf cultivation after official data showed that planted areas exceed authorized limits and continue to expand.
According to the 2024 Coca Crop Monitoring Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, presented in La Paz, Bolivia ended 2024 with about 34,000 hectares of coca crops, a 10% increase from the previous year.
That figure exceeds by 12,000 hectares the cap set by the 2017 General Law of Coca, which authorizes 22,000 hectares for legal cultivation.
Coca leaf is recognized in Bolivia's Constitution for traditional, medicinal and cultural uses, but part of the production is diverted to cocaine manufacturing, the report said.
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