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> Because more than 500 kilograms of leaves are needed for just one kilogram of cocaine, requiring almost two hectares, vast plantations are essential for produ
by stephengillie 8y ago
> Because more than 500 kilograms of leaves are needed for just one kilogram of cocaine, requiring almost two hectares, vast plantations are essential for production in any serious volume...
How much water does it take to produce a kilo? This seems like a much less environmentally-friendly vice than cannabis or even tobacco.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoIt's generally grown in South American rain forests, I would imagine they don't use irrigation, so the water requirement is irrelevant.
- stephengillie 8y agoNot irrelevant, just not tracked. In a Bayesian sense, we're using water, but we don't know how much.