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President of Bolivia chews Coca leaf at UN in Vienna Pt 2

President of Bolivia, Evo Morales holds up a coca leaf, puts it in his mouth and chews. "Am I a drug Addict?

UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa CND 2009

In many ways there are many encouraging statements from Antonio Maria Costa in this interview. Perhaps the UNODC have much to offer in terms of engaging with civil society organisations and pushing forward a more enlightened policy.

President of Bolivia chews Coca leaf at UN in Vienna Pt 1

President of Bolivia, Evo Morales holds up a coca leaf, puts it in his mouth and chews. "Am I a drug Addict? Are you going to arrest me?".

During his address in Vienna, March 11 2009, he urged the CND to support the decriminalization of coca production and the removal of coca from the UN list of banned substances, because the raw ingredient for cocaine in itself is "not a drug" but a traditional medicine.

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Are things getting better?

Iran's War On Drugs

One of the Iran's biggest problems is drugs. According to the United Nations more than 60 per cent of the opium that's produced in Afghanistan passes through Iran. The country gets millions of dollars of international assistance every year, but says that's only a fraction of what it needs to fight the drugs trade. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.

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