President Morales of Bolivia has fought past U.S. efforts to get rid of coca production, he is the country's coca promoting president. But surprisingly, a U.S. study finds coca production "statistically unchanged" since 2005. However, the U.S. said the reports were "not readily supportable" because the area where most of the coca is grown in a maze of Andean foothills, making it hard to measure exactly how much coca is being produced. U.S. officials say they still expect cultivation to rise under Morales' policy. President Morales considers the coca leaf to be a sacred Andean symbol and has promoted its traditional uses as a mild stimulant and treatment for altitude sickness.
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