Some villagers, high in the Himalayas, maintain centuries old tradition of growing charas, Indian cannabis..
Indian Himalayas, India – Torn between a widespread tradition and an internationally imposed prohibition, thousands of villages scattered on the Indian Himalayas survive on the production of charas, hashish produced in India.
In India, the use of cannabis dates back to the sacred Vedas texts and has been a part of religious rituals and festivities for millennia…
Source: Cannabis farmers hidden in India’s Himalayas – Al Jazeera English