The coca tree is a high altitude tropical plant that isn’t very cold tolerant. Having a look at the plant hardiness zones in Europe, parts of southern Italy, Greece, coastal Portugal or Spain might be suitable for cultivation. It’s been a while since I looked into it but people have been attempting to breed cultivars that are tolerant of low altitude conditions as well. With public research and funding it would likely be possible to produce cultivars that are more suitable for coastal Europe. That’s if it’s even the best way to go.
I’m for total legalization of recreational drugs and I think it’d be a pretty shitty thing to just tell south amarica “fuck you, we’ll make our own” considering the catastrophe caused by the war on drugs in those countries
The coca tree is a high altitude tropical plant that isn’t very cold tolerant. Having a look at the plant hardiness zones in Europe, parts of southern Italy, Greece, coastal Portugal or Spain might be suitable for cultivation. It’s been a while since I looked into it but people have been attempting to breed cultivars that are tolerant of low altitude conditions as well. With public research and funding it would likely be possible to produce cultivars that are more suitable for coastal Europe. That’s if it’s even the best way to go.
I’m for total legalization of recreational drugs and I think it’d be a pretty shitty thing to just tell south amarica “fuck you, we’ll make our own” considering the catastrophe caused by the war on drugs in those countries
Not to say you couldn’t design and build grow houses for them that control for those factors, nevermind produce reliable consistency.