The Wider Image: Mexico's weed 'nuns' want to take the plant back from the narcos
Members of Sisters of the Valley, a non-religious international group founded in 2014 which has pledged to spread the gospel of the healing powers of cannabis, who use the monikers "Sister Kika," "Sister Bernardet" and "Sister Yeri" online and asked not to give their names for fear of reprisal, 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, September 2, 2023. Under the guidance of Paz, the Sisters in Mexico 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. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha SEARCH "CUNHA MEXICO NUNS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.