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Herd of Sheep Eat 100kg of Cannabis in Greece
Greek Reporter ^ | September 21, 2023 | Tasos Kokkinidis

Posted on 09/21/2023 12:17:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A herd of sheep grazing in the semi-flooded plain of Thessaly, Greece “invaded” a greenhouse that cultivated medicinal cannabis and ate around a hundred kilograms, reports say.

The incident happened near the town of in Almyros in Magnesia TheNewspaper.gr website reports.

Sheep in Greece developed “strange behavior” after feeding on cannabis As the sheep in Greece developed strange behavior, shortly after grazing, the shepherd realized that the sheep had eaten a large part of the cannabis crop.

The owner of the greenhouse saw that his production, which had already been heavily damaged by Storm Daniel, had now been consumed by the sheep which were struggling to find fresh grass due to floods.

“I don’t know if it’s for laughing or crying,” he told TheNewspaper.gr website. “We had the heatwave, and we lost a lot of production. We had the floods, we lost almost everything. And now this…The herd entered the greenhouse and ate what was left. I don’t know what to say, honestly.”

Grecian Delight supports Greece Investments in pharmaceutical cannabis have taken off in Greece in recent years. While many Greek farmers initially adopted a “wait-and-see” attitude to the cultivation of cannabis, it soon became clear that its cultivation would solve many problems facing farmers.

In January 2023, Greece’s first-ever medicinal cannabis production plant was inaugurated at Examilia, near Corinth.

The investment by Tikun Europe, a subsidiary of Israel-based Tikun Olam, was welcomed by the then Greek Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis who said at the time that this is “a product which we will be able to export throughout Europe because this factory can carry out huge exports to all major European countries.”

Sheep and other livestock were killed in the floods Sheep like many other animals have suffered following the recent deadly floods in central Greece.

More than a hundred thousand animals have been killed from the floods that swept Thessaly and parts of Central Greece with the mayor of Tyrnavos, Yiannis Kokouras, noting that “if there is no immediate aid in animal feed, then the livestock that survived the disaster will die of starvation.”

The flooding has struck a huge blow to livestock and agricultural production not only for the region but for the whole country.

“Large livestock units were lost and unfortunately it is the period of the production process. Rural and country roads were destroyed. Thousands of acres of farmland are under tons of water,” Kokouras added.

Agriculture in Thessaly, the region regarded as the bread-basket of Greece, has been devastated by the recent floods that left 17 people dead.

Αlmost 70 percent of the cotton crop in Thessaly, Greece is estimated to have been damaged. Farmers on the slopes of Mount Pelion, which overlooks the plain of Thessaly, say they face millions of euros in damage to their apple crops from the flooding.


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: almyros; cannabis; greece; magnesia; munchies; sheep; thessaly
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21 posted on 09/21/2023 12:49:00 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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22 posted on 09/21/2023 12:56:55 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: nickcarraway

Guess they got pretty flocked up.


23 posted on 09/21/2023 12:59:06 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: reed13k

Can’t get high from the eating it raw.


24 posted on 09/21/2023 12:59:06 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive (Not your guinea pig dot com)
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To: nickcarraway

If the US wants to send money overseas, sending Greece animal feed would be good, instead of propping up a corrupt dictator like Zelinsky.


25 posted on 09/21/2023 1:02:09 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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To: Flaming Conservative

But it’s okay that Obama and Biden prop up corrupt dictators like Putin and Xi?


26 posted on 09/21/2023 1:04:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 4Runner

Yes, and 2 other cities founded by Greeks named “Magnesia” in what is now Turkey.

All named after a tribe called the “Magnetes” who settled them, probably.


27 posted on 09/21/2023 1:04:39 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: nickcarraway

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any pot?

Yes sir, yes sir,
I have quite a lot.

Except I ate it.


28 posted on 09/21/2023 1:08:34 PM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: nickcarraway

Nope.


29 posted on 09/21/2023 1:39:09 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQO-aOdJLiw

by Cyriak


30 posted on 09/21/2023 2:51:11 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: reed13k

YOu win the thread.

Somehow, I don’t think “stoned sheep” is going to rival “Cocaine Bear” at the box office...


31 posted on 09/21/2023 9:16:46 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Right after that they tried to storm in and finish off all the bags of Fritos in the worker lounge, but couldn't work the door. The entire pasture will however need to be re-turfed.

32 posted on 09/22/2023 8:02:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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