Nov 20, 2010

Farmer who fed ducks cannabis escapes jail

The farmer from the village of Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien on France's Atlantic coast admitted that he smoked some of the drug himself but said most of it was given to his 150 ducks for medicinal purposes.
"There's no better worming substance for them, a specialist advised me to do it," the farmer, Michel Rouyer, said, without being able to identify the specialist in question.
"This is for real, not one (duck) has worms and they're all in excellent health," said Rouyer's lawyer, Jean Piot, in an effort to convince the court.

Police arrested Rouyer after discovering 12 cannabis plants and around 11lb of the drug in a bag during a visit to his home following a theft.

Read more at The Telegraph

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