Vendors sell coca at a legal coca leaf market in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf, an effort to win global recognition for its Indigenous traditions and expand its local market of coca-related products. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Farmers from Bolivia's Yungas region carry bags of coca after harvesting on the outskirts of Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Global decriminalization, coca growers say, would bring more export revenues as an economic crisis looms due to the rapid depletion of Bolivia’s foreign-exchange reserves. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Marina Castillo and husband Dionicio Limachi select coca leaves by size in Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area in Bolivia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Coca-growers in Bolivia are largely subsistence farmers farmers who say they have few viable crop options. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A legal coca leaf market stands on a corner in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf, an effort to win global recognition for its Indigenous traditions and expand its local market of coca-related products. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Spiritual guide Julio Quispe uses coca leaves during the anniversary ceremony for the Ayllus and Markas del Qullasuyo National Council, a confederation of Indigenous governing bodies, at the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf, an effort to win global recognition for its Indigenous traditions and expand its local market of coca-related products. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Dionicio Limachi spreads coca leaves after removing them from a coca-drying oven in Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area in Bolivia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. For many coca growers, chewing coca leaves is a daily habit likened to drinking coffee. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Lizette Torrez, president of the Departmental Association of Coca Producers of La Paz, harvests coca leaves in Los Yungas, on the outskirts of Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area of Bolivia, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Coca-growers in Bolivia are largely subsistence farmers farmers who say they have few viable crop options. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A woman spreads coca leaves to dry in the sun in Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area in Bolivia, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Coca-growers in Bolivia are largely subsistence farmers farmers who say they have few viable crop options. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Indigenous Aymara people collect coca leaves to chew at an anniversary ceremony for the Ayllus and Markas del Qullasuyo National Council, a confederation of Indigenous governing bodies, at the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf, an effort to win global recognition for its Indigenous traditions and expand its local market of coca-related products. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Farmers harvest coca leaves in Los Yungas, on the outskirts of Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area of Bolivia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Coca-growers in Bolivia are largely subsistence farmers farmers who say they have few viable crop options. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A worker puts labels on coca leaf-flavored beer bottles at El Viejo Roble liqueurs in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, May 3, 2024. The distillery has been making liquor from coca leaves for years and is now gearing up to launch a new coca-infused beer. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A worker monitors coca leaf-flavored beer bottles on the assembly line at El Viejo Roble liqueurs in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, May 3, 2024. The distillery has been making liquor from coca leaves for years and is now gearing up to launch a new coca-infused beer. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Farmers from Bolivia's Yungas region take a break from harvesting coca leaves on the outskirts of Trinidad Pampa, a coca-producing area, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Across Bolivia, the leaf sustains 70,000 coca-growers and generates some $279 million each year as the farmers sell the foliage in bulk. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A coca vendor works at a legal coca leaf market in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Bolivia’s government has revived a years-long battle to get the U.N. to decriminalize the coca leaf, an effort to win global recognition for its Indigenous traditions and expand its local market of coca-related products. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A vendor fills a sack with coca leaves at a legal coca leaf market in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Global decriminalization, coca-growers say, would bring more export revenues as an economic crisis looms due to the rapid depletion of Bolivia’s foreign-exchange reserves. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)