The Wider Image: Mexico's weed 'nuns' want to take the plant back from the narcos
Humberto Olguin, a member of the CannaNinja cannabis club, shows a cannabis plant to a member of the 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 uses the moniker "Sister Camilla" online and asked not to give their names for fear of reprisal, in Mexico City, Mexico, December 4, 2023. "Sister Camilla" grew up in an evangelical household and left home at 16 due, in part, to her mother's strict religious code, she said. When she started Sisters of the Valley Mexico, their relationship became even more strained. "It was hard for her to accept," she said. "She had certain ideas, heavily shaped by religion." But today, after lengthy discussions about the plant and the legalization movement, her mother is pivotal to the group's operations, helping to maintain the farm and offering other logistical support, she said. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha SEARCH "CUNHA MEXICO NUNS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.