61.   The guerrillas charge taxes on each pound of harvested coca leaf and settle property disputes.

62.   The leaders signed three agreements, including an offer of Spanish aid to help Peru cut production of coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine.

63.   The peasants say coca leaf is their only profitable crop.

64.   The peasants, in turn, said they would stop growing more coca leaf and will turn to legal crops with government help.

65.   Traditionally, Peruvian drug traffickers have processed coca leaves into raw cocaine, a much less lucrative form of the drug.

66.   Until recently, he said, Bolivia was seen only as the source of coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine.

67.   With access to international markets restricted, the price of coca leaf in Peru has collapsed.

68.   While cannabis is grown worldwide, opium and the coca leaf are found mainly in Southern Asia and Latin America.

69.   Wilhelm had planned to accompany Ramirez on a tour of fields of poppy and coca leaf, the main ingredients of heroin and cocaine.

70.   He said falling prices for coca leaves had raised the prospects for success of crop substitution programs.