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Children in Uttarakhand Village Work in Cannabis Fields
Most of the children of Matli, many of them around ten years old, instead of being at school, are seen around cannabis fields extracting contraband for a meager amount to supplement paltry incomes of their poor families.
The extraction from the leaves of the cannabis plant is smoked, chewed, eaten, or infused and drunk to obtain mild euphoria.
"We squeeze bhang (cannabis) leaves and sell it. Most of the people buy it from us. We earn around 30-40 rupees in the process," said Anil, a child involved in the process of squeezing bhang leaves.
Consequently, these children have not merely become child labourers but are involved in the drugs trade totally oblivious of the consequences.
Shockingly, all this is happening with the willful consent and connivance of their parents who say that poverty and lack of employment opportunities in the area is the reason for sending their children for work in cannabis fields.
"They go to study at school sometimes, and on other occasions they rub bhang (cannabis) and sell it off for around 10-20 rupees. We don't have any other source of employment. So, this is the way we earn our living," said Meera, mother of a child labour.
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guest
06/30/2008
Yeh.Well in a country like the U.S or U.K they'd be into knives and alcohol by the age of 10!let the lil ones smoke till their hearts contend,like the good lord said "let their be weed!".Im high on some super strong chronic right now so mind the childish thought above.I feel sorry for the folks in the third world still having to do with backyard pooky weed.They shoud come here and try my fine hydro kush.Ja rastafaria.
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06/30/2008
You say this as though they are playing with knives. Cannabis is a plant just like tomatoes. Touching it, harvesting it and anything else will not have an effect on you, unless you ingest it. So what they are doing is safe. Also the kids canât afford school but working here are earning money, which may be keeping them alive. Maybe you should think that this is far better than the alterative of not working in the cannabis fields. Itâs either work or die. Maybe the government should legalise cannabis then it can be controlled and the kids would earn a better living earning more money. |
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