Coca leaves - legal status in Spain [closed]

A man who imported 2kg of coca leaf powder was freed from the accused charge of drug trafficking by a court in Spain: https://www.tni.org/en/article/absolution-in-a-judicial-case-of-coca-leaf-in-spain

https://idpc.net/alerts/2017/03/acquittal-in-spanish-coca-leaf-legal-case

http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/03/15/58c97970e5fdea012e8b45dc.html

I am still trying to figure out two things: is this ruling now official and does that mean I can take small quantities of coca leaves back to Spain from my holiday?

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Are coca leaves legal in Spain?

The object of the exchange is a bag of leaves of the coca plant, a product prohibited by the UN, illegal in Spain, inoffensive according to scientific studies, yet catalogued as a narcotic.

Is it illegal to possess coca leaves?

It is illegal to bring coca leaves into the United States for any purpose, including for use for brewing tea or for chewing. Cocaine is a Schedule II narcotic and is derived from coca leaves and grown in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

Can I bring coca leaves to Europe?

Yes, you can probably bring some as a souvenir. Yes, those answers contradict each other. Coca leaf is banned, under the narcotics laws, in most every country except a very few, including Europe and USA in the list of countires where it is banned (as mentioned in Mark Mayo's well researched answer).

When were coca leaves illegal?

In 1961, the United Nations Convention on Narcotic Drugs listed coca leaf as a Schedule 1 substance, making its use illegal.

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