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Albania

The World

Merita Halili

Arts, Culture & Media

Albania’s national folk-singing treasure adjusts to a new life in America. (Originally aired: April 28, 2001)

Merita Halili

Arts, Culture & Media
An Albanian state police officer holds a piece of freshly cut cannabis near the town of Kruja. Most of the pot produced in Albania is grown outdoors, on public land. Growers take advantage of the country’s Mediterranean climate and mountainous terrain.

Riding along with Albania’s pot police

Economics
Jetmir Gjini used to grow marijuana -- lots of it. Now he and his family are back to herding sheep.

In Europe’s former pot capital, now the only grass is for sheep

Economics