Paco (Spanish, PAsta de Cocaina) is a smokable, cheap, and highly addictive street drug. It is a chemical byproduct left over when Andean coca leaves are turned into a paste and then formulated into cocaine bound for US and European markets. Formerly considered lab trash, the substance became popular in the impoverished Argentinian neighborhoods after the country's 2001 financial collapse.
Paco is a nickname for the Spanish name of Francisco, a form of Francis. The nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order. His name was written by the order as Pater Comunitatis (Father of the community); by taking the first two letters of each word, the name Paco is obtained.
Francisco Jémez MartÃn "Paco" (born 18 April, 1970 in Las Palmas) is a Spanish football player.