The cannabis-growing nuns fighting to legalise weed

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A group of nuns are fighting to keep to keep weed legal in California. The Sisters of the Valley are based in California’s Central valley, and manufacture weed-based products they sell on their Etsy store. It’s worth pointing out that their products won’t get you high – they’re more like an alternative medicine.

The Sisters have got their habits in a twist because the city of Merced, where they live, last week passed a law banning medicinal weed. Although weed is legal in California, the Governor has given all cities in the state the opportunity to set their own cannabis legislation – and Merced has voted to ban the drug. 

The nuns have started a petition to overturn the ban on medicinal weed. They say that “cannabis is agriculture, and the central valley of California should not turn its back on Mother Nature’s most effective medicinal plant”.

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