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Ganja meat: Chicken fed with cannabis record high yields, low mortality rate

A farm which grows medical marijuana in Thailand has been adding crushed cannabis to chicken feed and water in place of antibiotics.  After one year, researchers from Chiang Mai University have reported impressive results from the feeding practice. The practice has yielded healthier poultry and lowered the mortality rate. The meat which has been labelled 'Ganja Meat' has been reported to be softer and tastier. 

"Researchers from Chiang Mai University's Department of Animal and Aquatic Sciences said fewer than 10% of the 1000 chickens at the farm in Lampang have died since they introduced marijuana to the Chicken's diet in January 2021," Insider reported.

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