Literary References
Probably the earliest reference to coca in English literature is Abraham Cowley's poem "The Legend of Coca" in his 1662 collection of poems "Six Books of Plants".
One of the best known examples of coca's reference in fiction is Patrick O'Brian's character, Stephen Maturin. In many of the more than twenty book series, a.k.a. Aubrey-Maturin series, Maturin expounds the benefits of coca. However, the reader is made aware of the truly addictive effects of the drug when rats, who have found the coca (Erythroxylum coca), become seriously addicted and scour the ship looking for it.
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