Marijuana for Cattle Feed

Moo! Moo! Moo! From Moscow comes the report that the Russians are planning on feeding cows marijuana plants over the winter months.

From Reuters:

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 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.

This would seem to be a rare opportunity to see what happens when a population of animals ingests a significant quantity of cannabis. Mere observation may be able to explain the story of the cow jumping over the moon. Also, it may be possible to buy milk and cheese fortified not only with vitamin D, but with THC too. Imagine the market for pizza made with mozzarella spiked with THC.

I expect that PETA, the Humane Society, and other animal advocacy groups may want to weigh in on this issue.