Is It Legal to Use Coca Leaf in the United States?

Question by DeadmanWalks: Is it legal to use coca leaf in the United States?
I chewed once and kinda liked it. I know it is the raw material for cocaine but itself is not harmful.
No not buzz. I was in Peru and the locals offered it to me as a means to alleviate hypoxia (altitude sickness). They have been using it for thousands of years.

Best answer:

Answer by knowitall21
no its illegal

Answer by Byzantino
probably,

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