Our English-language site in under construction but, meanwhile, you will find a good number of articles in English on MamaCoca.
MamaCoca
is a Colombian environmental and human rights social organization active since
1998 and legally consolidated in
MamaCoca, apart from being
part of the International Drug-Policy Reform Movement, is also part of
the wide “biodiverse” Colombian Environmental Movement which has been
historically and actively committed to defending a silent devastated victim of
MamaCoca
is a specialized information platform on the complexity and diverse means
through which the prohibition of plants and psychoactive substances ties in with
extreme violence ,war and environnmental destruction in
We are
here proposing our extensive information by way of 7 chronological databases to
promote the in-depth research
MamaCoca
is here appealing to growers, users, legislators and antinarcotics agencies to
incorporate environmental considerations in their agendas and drug policies and
proposals. For your participation please contact us at
mamacoca[at]mamacoca.org
We
firmly believe that we can contribute to building a better world and are
particularly grateful to the
Open Society Foundations
for making this
encompassing dream possible.
We
invite you to contribute to making MamaCoca sustainable in the long run to
continue being a source of information and proposals by buying our products at
the MamaCocaShop (under
construcction).
Our history:
MamaCoca is one of the first sources of information on the drug issue in Colombia at a time when speaking drugs was considered a crime in country assailed by the Plan Colombia after years of implementing the Drug War and its ―and narcotics traffickers'― gradual incorporation in Colombia's institutions and daily life.
Founded in
1998, MamaCoca has been a lone battle in which many people have taken part,
starting with its founding members María Mercedes Moreno, Darío González Posso
and Mónica Juliana Lalinde.
Many scholars, human rights activists and
artists ―such as Gustavo Vejarano,
MamaCoca owes its inspiration to the Instituto de Estudios Políticos y
Relaciones Internacionales (IEPRI) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia thanks
to María Mercedes Moreno’s work there and Gonzalo Sánchez ‘s unconditional
support for our advocacy. Many were the scholars who contributed their articles
so MamaCcoa could go online. Alain
Labrousse’s heartfelt motivation and example, Anthony Henmman and the first
Colombian indigenous governor, Taita Floro, whose toast to MamaCoca gave us our
name. The
cooperation given to us by much larger organizations such as the peace
organization Indepaz , the Jesuit Cinep and others allowed us to provide the
information, arrange the meetings ad put forward the proposals much needed by Colombia to know
the social aspects of the drug war so
as to better design its future.
Without Ethan
Nadelmann’s faith in us and his support and that of the Tides Foundation and
others’ when we were at the breaking point, our work would not have been
possible. At the present stage, the impulse given by the Open Society Foundation
(OSF) to diversity in drugs and Human Rights approaches is allowing us to renew MamaCoca and take advantage of the social networks to advocate for the
environmental approach to drugs which is so direly needed if
This
renewed version of MamaCoca is addressed to them, to researchers (for whom we
have specially added an internal search engine), and those legislators who are
seeking to regulate those plants and substances which are currently prohibited.
May they may find conciliatory answers to the psychoactive plants and substances
issue that respond to public health needs
and where environmental considerations are also envisioned.
Once again, we invite you to please contribute to MamaCoca's and its producers' sustainability by buying our products at the MamaCocaShop (under construcction).
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