The cultural history of the plant and the chemical derived from it is presented by the authors in all its facets. On the South American continent, the coca plant has been valued for thousands of years as a medicine and ritually revered as a magic plant. In the West, its main active ingredient, cocaine, has left its deep mark, especially in medical and cultural history since the mid-19th century. This richly illustrated volume builds an informative bridge between cultures: between botany and man, between inspiration and art, commerce and drug.

Publisher AT Verlag

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