March 13, 2012 -- Updated 0625 GMT (1425 HKT) peddler sells coca leaves as thousands of coca producers march in support of the 'acullicu' (coca leaves chewing), on March 12 in La Paz. Morales, a former union leader for coca growers, told the body his country has designated $20 million to fight cocaine trafficking -- but cultural "producers of coca leaf are not drug dealers; consumers of coca leaf are not drug addicts," he said. "I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly," he said. Morales has said "sacred" coca in its raw state is not an addictive drug and emphasizes that it has had a legitimate medical purpose for hundreds of years. March 13, 2012 -- Updated 1146 GMT (1946 HKT)