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Originally posted by Tony Shepps
Very interesting CZ. Thanks for posting that!
The thing that struck me, looking at the photo, was how little it really was. I mean it's definitely more drugs than I've ever seen busted. But on a different scale, how many coca plants, cannibus plants, and poppy flowers would it take to produce that? Maybe 2-3 fields or so? So it's definitely a very small amount compared to what one of the world's largest countries would produce.
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I don't know the amount of plants necessary to produce 140 tons of cocaine, heroine, etc. But, since the plants must be processed, and except perhaps for marijuana, most of the plant is lost to get to the final product, it would be necessary much more than 140 tons of raw material.
I don't know how many hectars would be necessary to produce all this, but it's much more than what is made in Brazil.
I don't know if you know this, but the drug production in Brazil is mostly domestic (marijuana). Almost all of the cocaine and heroine is imported from Colombia, Venezuela and the like. Brazil works mainly as a redistribution point, and as a big marked.
The reason for this is that it would be much more expensive to produce drugs in Brazil. In Colombia, most of the economy is based on coca farms, so the government doesn't bother much. This is not the case in Brazil, so it would raise the cost of production trying to avoid persecution.
Also keep in mind that the border between Brazil and these contries is through the Amazon jungle, which is almost impossible to keep control. Look at all the trouble the US is having at the Mexico border, and it's a bare desert.