From: Eugene Leitl (eugene@liposome.genebee.msu.su)
Date: Thu Feb 05 1998 - 07:57:28 MST
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Charlie Stross wrote:
> Aksherly, there's quite a bit of developmental evidence that the whole
> reason hemp produces THC and related compounds is because ungulents
> (like cows) _hate_ the stuff.
I seem to recall a funny newspaper article from several years ago: several
cows died of THC poisoning when accidently having discovered a hidded hash
cache in the barnyard. I don't know whether they liked it well enough to
feast beyond measure, or simply overdosed because of latency. The fact
is: they ate most of it.
> On the other hand, hemp is farmed in the EU; it's not hard to breed a
> strain of cannabis sativa that produces no intoxicating substances
> whatsoever. (Although the cops tend to keep a close eye on farmers who
I believe such hemp strains are already used in Austria, for fiber crops.
> have a license to grow the stuff, just to make sure it's an approved
> strain ...)
>
>
> -- Charlie
>
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