Nuns Defy Marijuana Cultivation Ban in Californian Town and Grow the Plant to Heal the SickBy Amando Flavio Generally, medical marijuana is legal in California in pursuant to Proposition 215 in 1996 and Senate Bill 420. However, in July 2015, state governor Jerry Brown signed the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act into law, targeting illegal marijuana growers. The state also gave municipalities the power to create their own medical marijuana laws. This has allowed the city of Merced to make growing and selling of medical marijuana illegal. Although city officials claim the ban is temporal, two women living in the Central Valley of the city have hit local news headlines for defying the law. The women, Sister Kate and Sister Darcy describe themselves as nuns. Just to be clear, they are not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. They are self-proclaimed spiritual nuns. The nuns say they are on a mission to grow marijuana to heal the sick. They have named themselves Sisters of the Valley. According to the sisters, the marijuana they grow has low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary mind-altering ingredient found in the marijuana plant. Sister Kate says the marijuana they grow doesnt let usersexperience thehigh. Its about honoring the people honoring the wisdom. Our products have less than 0.3% THC. Our medicine is medicine, and it is non-psychoactive. Were dealing with what is actually hemp but really we advocate for whole plant legalization,the self-proclaimed nun said. RT English News reported that the nuns follow their own holy trinity. Their holy trinity includes honoring Mother Earth; honoring the people, through making medicine and healing; and their progressive activism. The nuns are said to have dedicated a portion of their week to the good fight for the poor people around them. Kate said the low levels of THC in their marijuana allows them to mail their marijuana-infused oils and creams all over the world. They make a good living out of their products. The nuns reveal they make up to $1,000 a day through online marketing of their product. They clarify that their business is not cash only. They work legally with banks. Federica De Lorenzi (@federicainrome) June 1, 2016 According to ABC10, Californias new regulation on marijuana had initially required the municipalities to have medical marijuana laws written by March 1.However, the state legislators who wrote the regulations later announced that the deadline was a mistake, and that more months are needed in order for the municipalities to write comprehensive medical marijuana laws. This discrepancy allowed council members in Merced to put the ban on medical marijuana, while they await the new laws. In April, medical marijuana users in Merced nearly clashed with council members on the delay, prompting the police chief in the city to interveneandsave the situation. The nuns say the council members are making the process slow, and are not considering the need of medical marijuana users. As it stands now, it is unclear when medical marijuana laws will be passed in Merced. The council said it is hoping to finalize an ordinance before the November elections. But that notwithstanding, the nuns are continuing with their business. They seemed very determined to take on city officials on the legality of the ban. You want to support Anonymous Independent Investigative News? Please, follow us on Twitter:Follow @AnonymousNewsHQ This article (Nuns Defy Marijuana Cultivation Ban in Californian Town and Grow the Plant to Heal the Sick [Video]) is afree and open source. You have permission to republish this article under aCreative Commonslicense with attribution to the author andAnonHQ.com. I certainly support the sisters agenda. I am getting a little tired of hearing about how low in thc cannabis in these circumstances is. THC is part of the benefit, how crazy is it to vilify a medicine because it may have an euphoric effect on a person? Great medicine but it makes you feel good, sobad medicine. Here in Ontario Canada, the minister of health for Ontario has just announced that suicide drugs will now be provided free of charge. They dont call it a suicide drug though, they call it a euthanesia drug. Meanwhile, here in Ontario it is still a criminal offense to grow pot in ones backyard. Is it possible to wake up in an insane world and not be insane? Good on em ! It is a well KNOWN FACT that cannabis (primarily the oil) can cure a plethora of illnesses, including several types of cancer. Look up cannabis cancer cures Free the weed, praise the heads; jail the feds!! look up Phoenix TearsRick simpson Good for them, although Im concerned that their low-THC, hemp-infused products dont actually have the medicinal value of marijuana. Good for them and their socio-political agenda to defy prohibition, although Im concerned that low THC, hemp-infused products might not actually have the same medicinal value of marijuana. Marijuana has a 100-fold higher cannabidiol (CBD) content than hemp, as well as a robust terpene and flavonoid profile- which is also medicinally contributory, yet extremely reduced in hemp. Hemp, while an excellent nutritional resource, does not have the well-established pharmacological reputation of its psychoactive cousin, but hopefully the inevitable legalization of all cannabis species and cultivars will allow better research into the healing properties of hemp-based products vs. medicinal-quality cannabis. Kudos to the nuns here in Colorado prohibition was ended by the voters. Good for them! Deep respect for them and any others with the courage and honor to do this! 