IMPERIAL INSTITUTE,
(SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, S.
CJ 37515
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Rec? Rrge 17 NOV 09,
Memorandum on the Production, Distribution, Sale and Physiological Effects of Cocaine.
The commercial supply of coca leaves, the drug from which the alkaloid cocaine is obtained, is almost entirely derived from Peru and Java. The leaves are also cultivated in Bolivia, Brazil, and other parts of South America, but only very small quantities are exported from these countries.
There is also a small amount of coca cultivation in Ceylon but no statistics of export are available. It is estimated however that the total export of the leaves from Ceylon in 1909 will be from 15,000 to 20,000 lb., so that the total is small in comparison with the exports from Peru and Java.
Experimental cultivation of coca leaves has also been undertaken in India, the United States, the Federated Malay States and elsewhere, but at present there appears to be no production on a commercial scale in these countries.
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From Peru both coca leaves and cocaine are The cocaine produced is crude and impure and is mostly exported to Germany where it is refined. The Peruvian coca leaves are said to be sent mostly to Germany and the United States. From Java, coca leaves only are exported at present, though it has been proposed to open a factory there for the manufacture of cocaine. The coca leaves exported from Java contain little or no cocaine, but they are rich in other alkaloids from which
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