Dennis McKenna

So the idea is if we can have this conference and shift the conversation and point out the ethical conundrum of consuming cocaine, you know, and the problems that create because that just ripples through, you know, governments. Governments are corrupt. Institutions are corrupt. People are corrupt.

So the idea is if we can have this conference and shift the conversation and point out the ethical conundrum of consuming cocaine, you know, and the problems that create because that just ripples through, you know, governments. Governments are corrupt. Institutions are corrupt. People are corrupt.

And basically the poor farmers who are at the base of all this and exploited, they don't have a lot of choice. So the idea with this conference is we want to have this conversation and see if we can begin to move the regulatory framework.

And basically the poor farmers who are at the base of all this and exploited, they don't have a lot of choice. So the idea with this conference is we want to have this conversation and see if we can begin to move the regulatory framework.

And basically the poor farmers who are at the base of all this and exploited, they don't have a lot of choice. So the idea with this conference is we want to have this conversation and see if we can begin to move the regulatory framework.

frameworks toward more rational, toward the liberation of non-cocaine coca products, as well as the change in the regulation of cocaine toward something that can be available, but is not... I mean, it's the fact that it's illegal is what... Gives cocaine value, you know. That's why it's worth millions of dollars. It's not that it's an expensive compound to make. It's just because it's illegal.

frameworks toward more rational, toward the liberation of non-cocaine coca products, as well as the change in the regulation of cocaine toward something that can be available, but is not... I mean, it's the fact that it's illegal is what... Gives cocaine value, you know. That's why it's worth millions of dollars. It's not that it's an expensive compound to make. It's just because it's illegal.

frameworks toward more rational, toward the liberation of non-cocaine coca products, as well as the change in the regulation of cocaine toward something that can be available, but is not... I mean, it's the fact that it's illegal is what... Gives cocaine value, you know. That's why it's worth millions of dollars. It's not that it's an expensive compound to make. It's just because it's illegal.

That's the first thing that needs to change. In the drug regulatory laws, very few plants are prohibited as plants. Coca happens to be one of those that are. Cannabis is another. Peyote is another. And that's because the laws were formulated in a – number one, in a way that was the people formulating the laws.

That's the first thing that needs to change. In the drug regulatory laws, very few plants are prohibited as plants. Coca happens to be one of those that are. Cannabis is another. Peyote is another. And that's because the laws were formulated in a – number one, in a way that was the people formulating the laws.

That's the first thing that needs to change. In the drug regulatory laws, very few plants are prohibited as plants. Coca happens to be one of those that are. Cannabis is another. Peyote is another. And that's because the laws were formulated in a – number one, in a way that was the people formulating the laws.

This all happened when the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs was formed at the beginning of – at the end of the 60s. And certain plants were designated to be illegal as plants. And then the rest of it was mostly as chemicals. So the first thing that needs to happen is globally the prohibition of coca as a plant needs to end. I mean, anyone should be able to grow coca like cannabis is now.

This all happened when the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs was formed at the beginning of – at the end of the 60s. And certain plants were designated to be illegal as plants. And then the rest of it was mostly as chemicals. So the first thing that needs to happen is globally the prohibition of coca as a plant needs to end. I mean, anyone should be able to grow coca like cannabis is now.

This all happened when the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs was formed at the beginning of – at the end of the 60s. And certain plants were designated to be illegal as plants. And then the rest of it was mostly as chemicals. So the first thing that needs to happen is globally the prohibition of coca as a plant needs to end. I mean, anyone should be able to grow coca like cannabis is now.

You know, cannabis is pretty much, you know, even though cannabis is still a prohibitive someplace, but it's increasingly become legal. Lots of people here in Florida are growing coca. People in Hawaii are growing coca.

You know, cannabis is pretty much, you know, even though cannabis is still a prohibitive someplace, but it's increasingly become legal. Lots of people here in Florida are growing coca. People in Hawaii are growing coca.

You know, cannabis is pretty much, you know, even though cannabis is still a prohibitive someplace, but it's increasingly become legal. Lots of people here in Florida are growing coca. People in Hawaii are growing coca.

Growing coca? Yeah. Hell yes, of course. It's easy to grow. Yeah.

Growing coca? Yeah. Hell yes, of course. It's easy to grow. Yeah.

Growing coca? Yeah. Hell yes, of course. It's easy to grow. Yeah.