Two Rev sisters who grow and sell marijuana in from their California home are looking for a divine intervention to stop city officials from closing them down.
Sister Kate and Sister Darcy, who live in a three-bed ‘abbey’ in Merced produce cannabis from the adjoining garage.
They use the cannabinoids found in the plant to create a variety of products used to treat pain which are now selling out online.
Their homemade items will not get their customers high, but they are still facing closure because of new laws preventing residents from growing the drug on their properties.
Since they launched the business six months ago, the nuns’ treatments have proved popular with sell-out products on their Etsy page.
The pair produces salves, tonics and tinctures from the plants for pain management.
They have low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component that causes the high.
However, the abbey is being threatened with closure following new Californian marijuana legislation which come into force in March.
The nuns are currently fighting the council’s plans to ban the growth of medicinal marijuana. Sister Kate, 56, said: ‘The ban is clearly against the wishes of the citizenry. So that makes it immoral and unjust.