Californian nuns grow marijuana and sell it online
'18.08.2017'
Source: Knife
California is one of the states that legalizes the cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes. And for a long time already, almost 20 years. But only last year, the state government initiated the creation of a system of state control over this area. Tells about it Knife.
This means that there will be a controlling department, labeling of regional plants and sales control. Plant labeling will be similar to wine labeling. That is, the place where marijuana is grown will be indicated. Thus, farmers who will grow cannabis will be responsible for the quality of their products.
The nuns from Merced, California, have long been struggling to ensure that marijuana remains legal in their city.
In the premises of the Order of the Valley Sisters on the outskirts of Merced, they make cannabis-based drugs. They sell their tinctures and ointments through the website. Etsy.
The recently adopted law contains a clause stating that municipalities have the right to decide whether to ban or grow medical cannabis on their territory.
Lawyers who participated in the discussion of this item, say that this is a terrible mistake, which appeared because of the many rewrites and editing of the text of the law.
Because of this point, the monastic order, as well as other businessmen who are engaged in growing marijuana for medical purposes, are considered criminals.
The production of the Order of the Sisters of the Valley is not aimed at getting a buzz, but is applicable only to the suffering of patients due to the high content of cannabidiol, which has an anticonvulsant and calming effect.
According to the sisters themselves, they are trying to change the perception of marijuana as a drug, they want to teach society how to treat cannabis as a drug.
“The California Valley should not turn its back on the most effective medicinal gifts of mother nature. We do not agree with the ban. It is directed against the will of the people, and this makes it immoral. "
Photographers Schoon Crawford and John Dubois traveled to California to film how the tiny monastic order “Order of the Sisters of the Valley” works and spends leisure time.
Representatives of the Order claim that they do not belong to any of the traditional religions, but rather are a spiritual community.
