The consumption of the coca leaf in its raw form by millions daily across the Andes carries no significant risks, but official coca control strategies are associated with “substantial public health harms,” according to a review commissioned by the World Health Organization. “Research did not reveal evidence of clinically meaningful public health harms associated with use … [it] does, however, robustly document the substantial public health harms associated with coca control strategies.”“Research reviewed for this report did not reveal evidence of clinically meaningful public health harms associated with coca leaf use,” states the comprehensive scientific review commissioned by the ECDD. “The research record does, however, robustly document the substantial public health harms associated with coca control strategies at all scales.”The review is currently in draft form and subject to copyediting. It was commissioned amid growing international calls to end the blanket prohibition of coca, as Filter previously reported. “There is no evidence … of a fatal coca leaf overdose in humans.”The review does not comment on the health consequences of militarized enforcement strategies to eradicate coca and disrupt the trafficking supply, which many experts say fuel violence.