Introducing the Weed Nuns in Mexico Who Are Just Breaking All the Norms

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These are Mexico’s weed nuns, cannabis clergy if you will. However, they’re not part of any organized church, rather their mission is to bring marijuana to the masses and subvert Mexico’s dangerous cartels in the process. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00These are Mexico's weed nuns, cannabis clergy if you will, however they're not part of any

00:05organized church. Rather, their mission is to bring marijuana to the masses and subvert Mexico's

00:11dangerous cartels in the process. They call themselves the Sisters of the Valley. So why

00:16the costumes? Sister Tika, the church's secretary, told Reuters, it's all about capturing the

00:21attention of those who are curious, with the outfits hoping to spread the good word of the

00:25medicinal benefits of cannabis. The group is just one chapter of an international organization,

00:30but in Mexico where Catholicism is the most prevalent religion, they say their costumes

00:35are also an act of rebellion. Their operation is also in direct conflict with drug cartels,

00:40dangerous organized crime groups that also sell the drug. That's why the sisters operate out of

00:45an undisclosed location, complete with false storefront. Now one of their primary goals is

00:50separating marijuana, a plant they champion as having medicinal benefits, from the negative

00:54stereotypes it still has in Mexico, and take it back from the cartels. With Sister Bernadette

01:00saying about their endeavor, quote, because the moment it is legal to grow, the problem will end.

01:05It will stop being bloody. And that is also why we do not want a ban on self-growing for

01:09consumption. We consume what we grow. We don't buy weed from the narco. And with what we grow,

01:14we make our own medicines.

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