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Re:High Crime in the Cocaine Industry by stephengillie on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:10AM (#18211312)
> 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.

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Re:High Crime in the Cocaine Industry by toomanybeersies on Sunday October 14, 2018 @04:21AM (#18211924)
It's generally grown in South American rain forests, I would imagine they don't use irrigation, so the water requirement is irrelevant.
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Re:High Crime in the Cocaine Industry by stephengillie on Sunday October 14, 2018 @04:55AM (#18212010)
Not irrelevant, just not tracked. In a Bayesian sense, we're using water, but we don't know how much.
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