An employee processes marijuana plants harvested in the cannabis plantation owned by Iberfar's FAI Therapeutics pharmaceutical company, in Serpa, southern Portugal, on September 13, 2024. Portugal is a budding European hub for the production of cannabis for medical use, which is growing in popularity, thanks to a warm temperate subtropical climate with mild winters and abundant sunshine that makes this country an ideal place for marijuana cultivation. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)