Coca is not the same as cocaine

Special news flash...This just in from Bolivian president Evo Morales... "coca is no the same as cocaine". So would the developed world (psuedonym for the US) please stop trying to make this plant illegal? And would you also please admit that arial spraying of coca crops in Columbia has done nothing to control the cocaine problem in the US, and was seriously detrimental to the health and livelihood of rural and indigenous families? Yes, cocaine addiction is a serious problem, but there are better, more ethical ways to deal with it. Why does the international community think that dealing with the drug problem in the developed world is more important than the traditions, livelihoods and cultures of Latin America?