Crackdown on cannabis cow fodder

[Anarcho-Socialist]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4257255.stm

Crackdown on cannabis cow fodder

Farmers in Liechtenstein can no longer feed cannabis to their herds under new rules in the small Alpine state.
Traces of the drug found in hashish have been filtering through to the milk of dairy cows fed with the hemp plant.

The levels breach the maximum limit set by the new rules - which say animal feed must be free of any element that could have an ill effect on humans.

The rules to be introduced in March are to bring Liechtenstein in line with standards in neighbouring Switzerland.

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. um...why would you feed pot to cows anyway?

[TrogL]

3. it's quite a good plant

It's easy to grow. It's high in fibre. It's low in toxins.

[htuttle]

7. Happens all the time out here in the midwest

Look between the rows of corn, and mixed in with the hay. It's all over the place.

There was a LOT of industrial hemp grown around here before the 1920's, and it interbred with the wild hemp. Now it comes into cultivated fields via birdshit and farmer's teenage sons. Lots of bales of hay have more than hay in them. If there are hemp seeds present, the animals really like those the best because they're very oily.

Not that this stuff is any good to smoke, mind you. Cough, gag...ugh.

[indigobusiness]

19. Need to organize a cross-pollination campaign.

Tie a string around your finger, lest you forget.

[yinkaafrica]

23. That is interesting. Do they look like 'regular' pot plants?

I have seen few pot plants in the flesh; I probably
wouldn't notice one in the wild if I were sitting on it.

[htuttle]

28. Sure

But much more 'lanky' than you'll see in a picture in High Times. They rarely have big stinky flowers since the wild female plants almost always get fertilized (and the industrial strains were bred for big stalks, not flowering characteristics).

Speaking of big hemp stalks, the biggest one I've seen was over 6 feet long and was at least 2.5 inches in diameter. A friend of mine dried it and used it as a walking staff for years. Again: this stuff makes poor smoking material, but is really great for making paper or feeding to cows.

[Historic NY]

11. Ummmm to have happy cows.............

:think: :eyes:

[Snotcicles]

27. Now thats what I call a brownie n/t

[redqueen]

2. But... is hemp really harmful to humans?

I thought the active ingredient in marijuana, the THC, I think... was not found in hemp.

[PunkPop]

4. Very, very low levels I believe

But it's still there.

[redqueen]

6. We in the US have acceptable levels of rat poop.

I'd like to compare the what the cut off points for trace amounts of THC and rat poop.

[Griffy]

29. and we dont all have receptors in our brains for rat poop!

all humans have chemical receptors that are triggered by THC. this plant is connected to the human race, and we demonize it because we are drawn to it!

[fishwax]

8. it isn't always there

the amount does vary, but some industrial hemp contains no thc whatsoever.

On Edit: I was thinking of hempseed oil products, but it actually is always there in the plant, though it can be at levels less than 0.3 percent.

[Bridget Burke]

5. It's a matter of degree....

"Hemp" is just a lower-THC variety of the same plant.

[aneerkoinos]

10. Its good for you

There's allways some THC, even if minuscule amounts, in hemp.

But of all foodstuff, if human kind would have to live on just one, hempseed would be the only possible choice. It is the best nourishment.

[KingoftheJungle]

12. A tbsp of hemp seeds is every ammino acid and omega fat you need in a day

[Selteri]

16. No, it isn't. THC is found in 'trace levels' in hemp,

It's found in less than 1% in Cannabis Hemp

Even then, THC is not harmful unless you consider the bad science than the Bush and Nixon administration has exployed.

[Zhade]

32. No, and neither is THC (both are, in fact, beneficial).

NT!

[aneerkoinos]

36. Good for ya - pot and hemp!!!!

[Zhade]

38. They should both be legal.

That they aren't fully legal shows just how nuts this country is.

[prairierose]

9. Well, I'm not sure of the protein levels in hemp hay...

but I'm sure that it could be figured so that it would work with the other feed being used. It probably has protein levels similar to alfalfa. The levels of THC in hemp are very low and the resultant levels of THC found in milk should also be less than .03%

The big difference would be that industrial hemp as a crop produces so much more fiber on less land. It would be a much more productive feed crop and in Europe where land is a consideration it would make sense to crop it for hay.

[histohoney]

13. Humans

can be allergic to hemp and THC. I know, I am. Before you ask, I found out one REALLY bad night in college.
I am not the only one. We could get in big trouble drinking that milk.
Just wondering, Some cows eat peanut shell hulls, I wonder if that effects those allergic to peanuts?

[Selteri]

18. Yes and no.

It depends on the specific compound you are allergic to.

It's a matter of processing.

Allergies can be very strange, one must consider that sometimes it is an enzime or compound that is broken up in that process. For instance, I am allergic to raw blueberries, ones they have been cooked though, I can eat them without any ill affect.

[indigobusiness]

24. They have drugs for that.

Just wish they had a drug for bad nights in college, in general.

I'm allergic to oppression and absurd laws. I'm in no search of a cure.

[sam sarrha]

25. could have been a lot of diffeent things, pesticides.. aditives..got some

some with PCP once... i have never heard of anyone alergic to THC..

that is a first...since 1967 for me, but i have gotten some raactions to Pesticides and the Feds have poisioned crops by air..

if you dont grow your own .. you dont know what you get

[aneerkoinos]

37. Grow your own, organic ganja rules!!!

Cool cool cool!!!

[d.l.Green]

14. This story is as full of bullsh** as the cows, more anti-hemp propaganda!

I would assume that a cow's milk does concentrate certain properties of the greens it eats, but we're talking about a plant that has an extremely small THC(less than 1%) content compared to its related species. And the "limits" are part of an ongoing program to demonize a renewable agricultural resource that could potentially replace paper from trees and petroleum oil(for fuel and plastics). Every time I see a story like this my blood boils. The story of hemp has opened my mind to the idea that government is NOT to be trusted- and not only just recently...:grr:

Check out the links at http://www.hempcar.org/indexOLD.html for more info

[Selteri]

20. In all likelyhood it is BS

Cows milk has natural levels of THC in it, so does female human breast milk. In fact, even babies test positive for cannabanoids in their system when they obviously aren't large or developed enough to actually hit a joint or pipe.

It sounds more like someone is looking for a reason to fight the use of hemp based products like the DEA in America.

[Zhade]

33. "Cows milk has natural levels of THC in it..."

Is this true? I had not heard that before! Very interesting if so.

...when they obviously aren't large or developed enough to actually hit a joint or pipe.

Man, that's a hilarious visual. Good thing there's no hell, because if it existed I'd be going!

[jimfromthebronx10469]

34. hello d.i.

cant agree more with your post.our government needs to view "HEMP FOR VICTORY" again. back in the 40's when the call went out to american farmers to grow hemp by the hundreds of thousands of acres,hemp was an unsung hero of ww11. the many commercial products created back then could very well used again today...
from time to time i watch a seed burn, tiny as they are they pack a powerful burn. i picture a small community whose power is generated from hempseed.i see a renewable source for this energy which also is enviornmentally friendly, grown across middle america .i see jobs created from legal hemp not to forget billions of $$$ created from legal weed..its estimated their are 30,000,000 weed smokers across the usa and of varying ages,sexes,races,sizes and opinions.
but our enemy here is "BIG OIL".
D.I. GREEN it makes my blood boil also..
:toast: :toast: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hi: :dem:

[uncle ray]

15. drink milk, our cows are high on grass!

anybody rural DUers remember the bumper stickers form the 70's?

[uncle ray]

31. already too late to edit

i have to correct myself, it was "get high on milk, our cows are on grass".

[VegasWolf]

17. California is wrong, "Happy cows live in Liechtenstein!"

[sarcasmo]

21. Are the cows eating a lot of Doritos as well?

[Ezlivin]

22. Don't Let Mad Cows Become Bad Cows

[Griffy]

26. What are the ill effects again... I forget the latest misinformation!

does it make you kill people.. no wait that was long ago, maybe it makes you crazy.. or sexually depraved, no no .. I know its the gateway drug II (since it was called in the gateway drug in the 60's too.. recycled lies, sad huh). WAIT.. I remeber... Smoking pot helps the terrorists! those damn terrorist cows! :)

[EST]

30. It's called "Indiana ditch weed" here in so. Illinois

Tastes lousy and smells worse, but it is a cousin of that "awful" weed...

[KissMeKate]

35. my british friend talks about Guerrilla Gardening pot

just planting it everywhere, so much that the govt cant possible keep up with eradicating it, lol

She said thats happening in England.

[Zhade]

39. Yes. It's the way to go, I think.

NT!