Pubdate: Sun, 22 Sep 2006
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Copyright: 2006 Herald and Weekly Times
Contact:  http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/187

POLAND: WOMAN CAUGHT GROWING GRASS FOR COW

- --- A POLISH woman who grew marijuana to calm the nerves of her cow 
has been charged with cultivating a narcotic by police in the western 
town of Lobez.

The cow had been "skittish and unruly" - once breaking a person's arm 
- - until someone suggested mixing cannabis in with its feed, the woman 
told police.

"The cow became as calm as a lamb," the 55-year-old woman said, 
according to the PAP news agency.

The woman's plants, grown from seeds she bought at a market, reached 
nearly 3m tall and were extremely potent, police said.

Marijuana possession is a crime throughout Poland. The woman faces up 
to three years in jail if convicted.
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