Cutting Cocaine abuse by composting

Bolivian government officials have announced plans to dry up drug traffickers' coca harvests by turning seized plants into industrial-scale fertiliser.

Its been known for years to stimulate humans but now it appears it may help to stimulate plant growth as well!

A pilot project in La Paz has transformed tonnes of illegal coca into organic fertiliser, and the results look promising.

Every year Bolivia confiscates almost 700 tonnes of illegal coca from drug traffickers. The government wants to deprive criminals of their raw material for making cocaine.  The coca leaves, when mixed with household food waste, and chicken manure, creates a very high nutrient soil improver.