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A group of nuns is kicking against social norms by growing MARIJUANA at their convent - and selling it for medical purposes.

But their healthcare remedies are under threat thanks to removal from a popular online store.

The Sisters of the Valley are a sisterhood based in Merced, California who are not Catholic or traditionally religious, but consider themselves nuns.

The licensed medical marijuana growers grow the plants in accordance with lunar cycles and create organic health remedies to treat back pain , migraines and even hangovers.

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But even though the nuns - Sister Kate, whose real name is Christine Meeusen, and Sister Darcy, aka 24-year-old Darcy Johnson - have made money from the enterprise, they are now under threat after Etsy withdrew their shop from online.

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Another threat is coming from the California municipalities who are considering a cultivation ban that would make their enterprise illegal.

"We had a dream of living a simple life, making our medicines on a quiet farm, in a spiritual environment, and being self-sustaining," they explain on a GoFundMe site set up to raise money to help save their business.

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"We worked toward that goal and just as the New Year began, we had a steady income from the store sales and a farmette to occupy."

According to the nuns, Etsy say they have removed the shop, which was earning £28,000 a month, because the sisters make health claims about their products, and it's meant their cashflow has been temporarily halted.

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“We make CBD oil, which takes away seizures and a million other things,” Sister Kate told ABC.

“It’s very high in demand from cancer patients right now. And we make a salve that’s a multi-purpose salve, but we found out it cures migraines, hangovers, earaches, toothaches and diaper rash.”