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Here’s Why Cannabis Plants Are Growing Wild All Over Britain’s Cities


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Editor's Note: This is a fantastic way to draw attention to failed prohibition prior to the upcoming elections. And I love the closing modified quotation: "Resistance is fertile." 


Cannabis plants have been spotted sprouting in public places up and down the UK, a country where the plant is categorized as a Class B drug and possession alone can lead to a five year prison sentence. The majestic herb can be found humbly sunning itself near some of the nation’s most iconic locations in central London, such as the BBC headquarters, Tower Bridge and The Shard.

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Although cannabis can flourish naturally in Britain’s wet, mild climate, as it has done in the past, these seeds were sown with intent. In perhaps one of the most profound acts of resistance in the UK’s legalization movement, the activist group “Feed The Birds” is distributing cannabis seeds across the country as part of a grassroots campaign to draw attention to the ridiculousness of prohibition.

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Feed The Birds was founded in early 2014 by a person using the online alias Finn Hemingway.

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