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Modern slaves who are trapped in homes and forced to farm cannabis is a thing in England, so that's probably more common than you think over here.

Here's an article from 2008. http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform/2008/11/cannabis-...

And another from 2015. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LU00P20150226



Apparently prosecutors are more eager to prosecute slavery victims than actual slavers! How I wish I weren't surprised, but if they can stomach sending people to prison for growing pot, it's not such a step to sending people to prison for being forced to grow pot.


Non-mobile link for the Reuters article - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/26/us-britain-slavery...


I stand corrected. Wow..




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