Gallery: Holy Moses These Fake Nuns Totally Grow Weed
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Sister Kate and Sister Darcy in their old garage, where they kept their marijuana plants.
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Sister Darcy clips a leaf from a marijuana plant.
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Sister Kate fills jars with CBD tincture.
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The refrigerator where the women store the cannabis.
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The Sisters ritually burn Palo Santo sticks as incense.
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Working in the kitchen.
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Sister Kate pours the salve mix into jars.
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Sister Darcy takes a break.
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Religious-themed knick knacks fill the Sisters' home.
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Sister Kate making the salve.
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To make their CBD salve, the sisters combine cannabis with coconut oil and cook it in a crockpot for two days before adding other ingredients.
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Sister Darcy places a label on a bottle of skullcap tincture, the only non-cannabis medicine the sisters sell.
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