stoned cows????? Original Article Russia to Use Pot as Cow Feed Paper Created: 16.08.2005 14:28 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:43 MSK MosNews Cattle-breeders in Russias Urals will feed cows with confiscated marijuana over the cold winter months, Novye Izvestia daily reported. Drug workers said they adopted the unusual form of animal husbandry after they were forced to destroy the sunflowers and maize crops that the 40 tonnes of marijuana had been planted among. There is simply no other way out. You see, the fields are planted with feed crops and if we remove it all the cows will have nothing to eat, a Federal Drugs Control Service spokeswoman for the Urals region of Sverdlovsk told the paper. But he stressed that he does not know what the milk will be like after such unusual fodder. Cows in Russia are traditionally fed with clover and sunflower. Drug use in Russia took off with the decline of the Soviet Union and police have been fighting drug smugglers often shipping heroin from Afghanistan for years. http://www.canyon-news.com/artman/publish/article_3379.php Confiscated Marijuana to be Fed to Cows MOSCOW, Russia- A herd of Russian cows will be fed confiscated marijuana during the cold months of winter. Drug use in Russia has increased since the decline of the Soviet Union, and police have been combating smugglers who often ship heroin from Afghanistan. Police also often find mass quantities of marijuana. The large hauls are usually burned, but this case was different, due to the location where the marijuana was planted. Drug workers reported that they were forced to destroy sunflowers and maize crops, among which 40 tons of marijuana had been planted. The fields were planted with feed crops, and the removal of everything would leave no food for the cows. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10341171 Russia uses pot as animal feed 17.08.05 6.20am MOSCOW - Russia's long winter will just fly by for a herd of Russian cows which will be fed confiscated marijuana over the cold months. Drug workers said they adopted the unusual form of animal husbandry after they were forced to destroy the sunflowers and maize crops that the 40 tonnes of marijuana had been planted among, Novye Izvestia daily newspaper reported. "There is simply no other way out. You see, the fields are planted with feed crops and if we remove it all the cows will have nothing to eat," a Federal Drugs Control Service spokeswoman for the Urals region of Sverdlovsk told the paper. "I don't know what the milk will be like after this." Drug use in Russia took off with the decline of the Soviet Union and police have been fighting drug smugglers -- often shipping heroin from Afghanistan - for years. Such large hauls are relatively common, although they are normally burned. - REUTERS