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MEXICO’S CANNABIS ‘NUNS’ WORK TO TAKE PLANT BACK FROM NARCOS – IN PICTURES

Members of Sisters of the Valley transport a cannabis plant from village in
central Mexico. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/Reuters


MEXICO’S CANNABIS ‘NUNS’ WORK TO TAKE PLANT BACK FROM NARCOS – IN PICTURES

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Sisters of the Valley is a non-religious group founded in 2014 that has pledged
to spread the gospel of the healing powers of cannabis. The Sisters argue that
the fight against drugs in Latin America has been a failure, leading to
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Main image: Members of Sisters of the Valley transport a cannabis plant from
village in central Mexico. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/Reuters

Fri 19 Jan 2024 02.00 EST


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   Members of Sisters of the Valley rest at their farm on the outskirts of a
   village in central Mexico. The Sisters argue that the fight against drugs in
   Latin America has been a failure, leading to widespread violence and mass
   incarceration. For ‘Sister Kika’ the mission is clear. ‘It’s time to put an
   end to this stupidity,’ she said
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   Members of Sisters of the Valley and Alehli Paz, 34, a chemist and marijuana
   researcher working with the group, take care of cannabis plants on a rooftop
   at their farm on the outskirts of a village in central Mexico. Under the
   guidance of Paz, the Sisters grow a modest crop. They pot plants in old paint
   buckets and place them in rows between four unfinished concrete walls on a
   rooftop. Once grown, the Sisters move the plants to walled-off private
   gardens they identified with help from supportive older women in the
   community
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   Members of Sisters of the Valley transport a cannabis plant
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   Members of Sisters of the Valley weigh and store hemp at theirs farm
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   Members of Sisters of the Valley smoke a joint at their farm
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   Sisters check hemp that is drying at the farm
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   ‘Sister Kika’ and ‘Sister Bernardet’ (not their real names) climb a ladder to
   the roof where they keep their cannabis plants
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   A member lights a joint during a full moon ritual. Beneath each full moon, a
   group of women in nun habits circle around a roaring fire, cleanse themselves
   with burned sage, and give thanks for the moon, animals, and plants
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   Members check dry hemp at a house in Mexico City
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   A member of Sisters of the Valley trims hemp
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   Members of Sisters of the Valley offer a joint made from their hemp to the
   founder of the CannaNinja cannabis club Naotaka Orita, in Mexico City. The
   Sisters visit others in Mexico City pushing for full legalisation in the
   growing cannabis community, or give workshops that touch on everything from
   how to make weed infusions to the chemistry behind the plant
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   Humberto Olguin, a member of the CannaNinja cannabis club, shows cannabis
   plants to two members of the Sisters of the Valley
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   A Sisters member carries a cannabis plant
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   A member uses a magnifying glass as she searches for fungi on drying hemp
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   A member of the Sisters of the Valley poses for a photograph while holding
   her veil, at a house on the Sisters of the Valley’s farm
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   A member of Sisters of the Valley replants a cannabis plant on the outskirts
   of a village in central Mexico
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