The cocaísmo, according to the thesis that is developed in this paper is the result of poor diet of the peoples of the Andean region which prominently has developed. The arguments underlying this thesis are as follows: During the Inca Empire, when the Andean people were very well fed, coca habit was almost unknown, using this drug mainly in religious worship. The Incas banned the use of coca, and this plant crops other than occupy very restricted areas, belonged exclusively to the Inca and temples. Data on cocaísmo before the Inca Empire are scarce, but some reveal that the first rulers of Cuzco expelled coqueros primitive peoples to the jungle region. Clearly the coca habit spread considerably after the Conquest of Peru, and the cultivation and the drug trade became much larger proportions to which I had at the time of the Incas. The spread of cocaísmo originated around the same time...