“It is very widespread in America.”
An amateur video appears to show fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) burning a large pile of marijuana in a recently captured area of the Syrian province of Aleppo.
BuzzFeed could not independently verify the contents of this video.
In another Arabic-language video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, a man identifying himself as an ISIS member explains they found cannabis growing in a field alongside vegetables like peppers and tomatoes. "It [marijuana] is very widespread in America."
The ISIS fighter also said that the owner of the field had fled to Turkey.
ISIS has instituted an extremely strict form of religious law in the areas of Syria and Iraq under its control, such as forbidding smoking, forcing women to veil, and conducting public executions and crucifixions for even minor offensives.
The U.N. on Wednesday released a report accusing ISIS of committing "mass atrocities" that likely amounted to crimes against humanity in Syria, where the extremist group has conquered much of the east and terrorized residents with its brutality.
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