Question

Cocaine, which is derived from the coca leaf, is grown mostly in Colombia and its neighboring countries while heroin, which is derived from opium gum, is grown mostly in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia. And, yet, most cocaine and heroin consumption are in developed countries. EXPLAIN why

Answer 1

Answer:

Because of the location, humidity and temperatures.

Explanation:

Coca is grown in humid and very humid subtropical forests, called yungas and

they form the lower floor of the upper Jungle, in the Central Andes, mostly in Peru and Bolivia. The  yungas are in contact with the rainforests of the lowlands in Amazonia, where it has been  started to expand coca cultivation recently (Dourojeanni, 1988). The optimum altitude is 1000 a  2000 meters (where cocaine content is higher), with optimal annual average precipitation, is 2000 meters  mm, but it is grown between 700 and 2000 msnm and with an average annual rainfall of 1000 to 4200 mm.

msnm = meters above sea level