Could coca leaf be a treatment for cancer? It’s a unique plant in all the world

(This is ‘Cancer, Inc’ Part-4; for Part-5, go here; for Part-3, go here.)

(This is ‘Coca’ Part-1; for Part-2, go here.)

“Hmm. Cancer is an energy problem. Coca leaf is an energy solver. I have an idea. Let’s not study coca.”

First of all, I’m not suggesting anyone should break the law. The possession or sale of coca leaf in the US is illegal.

And no one is talking in my ear about coca leaf as a treatment for cancer. I’m floating the idea myself.

Apparently, there are no studies in this area.

There are some reports of oral problems for people who chew coca leaf on a sustained basis, and there is a suggestion that oral cancer might be an effect. I can’t prove this, but my sense is these reports, IF true, are about people who chew the leaf for years.

OK. Andean people have been chewing coca leaf and drinking the tea for many centuries. From what I and many others have gathered from many sources, it produces sustained energy with no crash.

That makes it unique.

That makes it rather awesome.

That makes it something many people desire.