Bolivia to re-accede to UN drug convention, while making exception on coca leaf chewing

Bolivia has taken steps to once again become a party to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended, with a reservation on the chewing of coca leaf, a traditional practice among its people. The country’s re-accession was conditional on the acceptance of States that have ratified or acceded to the Single Convention of the reservation in accordance with Article 50, paragraph 3.

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