{"id":594,"date":"2012-08-21T07:40:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T07:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19622"},"modified":"2012-08-21T07:40:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T07:40:45","slug":"growing-marijuana-helps-save-families-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/growing-marijuana-helps-save-families-across-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Marijuana Helps Save Families Across the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/growing-marijuana-helps-save-families-across-the-world\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-farmers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"marijuana farmers\" title=\"marijuana farmers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19623\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/growing-marijuana-helps-save-families-across-the-world\/attachment\/marijuana-farmers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19623\" title=\"marijuana farmers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-farmers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While much of our news coverage focuses on domestic issues and our own western culture, it is important that we do not lose sight of the marijuana movement worldwide.\u00a0 In recent months we have had encouraging news in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/30\/world\/americas\/uruguay-considers-legalizing-marijuana-to-stop-traffickers.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Central and South America<\/a> as Columbia, Mexico, Uruguay and other countries have now seriously discussed decriminalization and legalization plans.<\/p>\n<p>Moving toward the rest of the world, we can see that the recession has an even greater impact on struggling countries.\u00a0 With no industry and help in sight, villagers in trouble have turned to a new way to make ends meet and feed their families.\u00a0 Several months ago many news outlets reported that Rasquera, a small village in Spain was considering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/01\/rasquera-marijuana-growing_n_1312764.html\" target=\"_blank\">renting out their fields<\/a> to help pay off a large debt owed to the European Union. \u00a0\u00a0The small village has been growing concerned that its younger population is moving out, seeking jobs in larger metropolitan areas.\u00a0 Though the village voted to enact the plan, an official from the Spanish government said there was virtually no way this program would ever get started.\u00a0 Officials in Spain may be forced to think outside of the box as Spain is suffering from 23% unemployment (unemployment is considered a huge problem in the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/unemployment-rate\" target=\"_blank\">and is currently at 8.3%)<\/a> with economists predicting another upcoming and prolonged recession.<\/p>\n<p>While the Spanish government may be dragging their feet and standing in the way of villagers taking their own initiative, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/15\/world\/africa\/grandmothers-grow-marijuana-in-swaziland-to-support-families.html\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Times recently reported<\/a> on a grandmother in Swaziland who has become a cannabis grower as a way to support her 11 grandchildren.\u00a0 Khathazile, (she only provided her middle name to the Times reporter) has lost her 3 daughters who all died young and is growing the famous \u201cSwazi Gold\u201d strain as a way to take care of her motherless grandchildren.\u00a0 Marijuana was not necessarily her first choice to grow but traditional crops do not provide enough for the large family to survive.\u00a0 As Khathazile says \u201cIf you grow corn or cabbages, the baboons steal them.\u201d\u00a0 Another local woman, Sibongile Nkosi, started to grow marijuana before her daughter died and was impressed with the ease of the grow.\u00a0 She described her first attempt by saying \u201cI put the seeds in the ground, watered them, and it grew.\u00a0 I was able to feed my children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While these stories may seem controversial to some, it is easy to criticize the idea from more economically vibrant regions of the world, where we may not be faced with having to break the law in order to clothe and feed our children.\u00a0 HIV\/AIDS has ravaged much of Africa with so many children becoming orphans at a young age.\u00a0 We can no longer afford ignorance, and the luxury of fear mongering and propaganda.\u00a0 Simply put, marijuana saves and improves lives both medically and economically.\u00a0 As men in pressed suits try to put their expensive western education to work and try to create elaborate economic recovery plans, Khathazile already has a sustainable low cost plan for pulling the world out of this recession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-farmers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"marijuana farmers\" title=\"marijuana farmers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19623\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/growing-marijuana-helps-save-families-across-the-world\/attachment\/marijuana-farmers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19623\" title=\"marijuana farmers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-farmers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While much of our news coverage focuses on domestic issues and our own western culture, it is important that we do not lose sight of the marijuana movement worldwide.\u00a0 In recent months we have had encouraging news in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/30\/world\/americas\/uruguay-considers-legalizing-marijuana-to-stop-traffickers.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Central and South America<\/a> as Columbia, Mexico, Uruguay and other countries have now seriously discussed decriminalization and legalization plans.<\/p>\n<p>Moving toward the rest of the world, we can see that the recession has an even greater impact on struggling countries.\u00a0 With no industry and help in sight, villagers in trouble have turned to a new way to make ends meet and feed their families.\u00a0 Several months ago many news outlets reported that Rasquera, a small village in Spain was considering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/01\/rasquera-marijuana-growing_n_1312764.html\" target=\"_blank\">renting out their fields<\/a> to help pay off a large debt owed to the European Union. \u00a0\u00a0The small village has been growing concerned that its younger population is moving out, seeking jobs in larger metropolitan areas.\u00a0 Though the village voted to enact the plan, an official from the Spanish government said there was virtually no way this program would ever get started.\u00a0 Officials in Spain may be forced to think outside of the box as Spain is suffering from 23% unemployment (unemployment is considered a huge problem in the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/unemployment-rate\" target=\"_blank\">and is currently at 8.3%)<\/a> with economists predicting another upcoming and prolonged recession.<\/p>\n<p>While the Spanish government may be dragging their feet and standing in the way of villagers taking their own initiative, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/15\/world\/africa\/grandmothers-grow-marijuana-in-swaziland-to-support-families.html\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Times recently reported<\/a> on a grandmother in Swaziland who has become a cannabis grower as a way to support her 11 grandchildren.\u00a0 Khathazile, (she only provided her middle name to the Times reporter) has lost her 3 daughters who all died young and is growing the famous \u201cSwazi Gold\u201d strain as a way to take care of her motherless grandchildren.\u00a0 Marijuana was not necessarily her first choice to grow but traditional crops do not provide enough for the large family to survive.\u00a0 As Khathazile says \u201cIf you grow corn or cabbages, the baboons steal them.\u201d\u00a0 Another local woman, Sibongile Nkosi, started to grow marijuana before her daughter died and was impressed with the ease of the grow.\u00a0 She described her first attempt by saying \u201cI put the seeds in the ground, watered them, and it grew.\u00a0 I was able to feed my children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While these stories may seem controversial to some, it is easy to criticize the idea from more economically vibrant regions of the world, where we may not be faced with having to break the law in order to clothe and feed our children.\u00a0 HIV\/AIDS has ravaged much of Africa with so many children becoming orphans at a young age.\u00a0 We can no longer afford ignorance, and the luxury of fear mongering and propaganda.\u00a0 Simply put, marijuana saves and improves lives both medically and economically.\u00a0 As men in pressed suits try to put their expensive western education to work and try to create elaborate economic recovery plans, Khathazile already has a sustainable low cost plan for pulling the world out of this recession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[354,355,52,356,119,357,358,184,56,9,86,359,360,51,70,361,362,1,3,363,132,61],"tags":[2932,2933,2632,2934,2697,2935,2936,2762,2636,2664,2937,2938,2631,5,2939,2940,2941,2710,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}