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 LIMA, Peru (AP) - President Alan Garcia on Tuesday suggested an unorthodox use for the coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine: Why not toss it in a salad?
"I insist that it can be consumed directly and elegantly in salad," Garcia told foreign correspondents at the Government Palace.
Garcia's comments put him in the company of leftist presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, who have publicly promoted mixing the high-calcium leaf into everything from toothpaste to soft drinks.
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