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.