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State stops Mainer from sedating lobsters with marijuana smoke before being cooked
State regulators have put a halt to a Maine restaurant owner’s experiment of sedating live lobsters with marijuana smoke before they are cooked, at least for now. Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor is getting some of its lobsters high before cooking them,,, Gill, a registered medical marijuana caregiver, said Saturday that she was working to change her procedure after a “technicality under the Maine Medical Use Program and a remark from the health department.” The Maine Health Inspection Program was investigating, Emily Spencer, a spokeswoman with the Department of Health and Human Services, said Saturday. She said the state was also looking into whether the medical marijuana was being used appropriately. >click to read<21:54
A lobster named Roscoe was exposed to marijuana smoke – “Hot box” lobsters touted
In an experiment to test the affect of cannabis on lobsters, Roscoe the lobster was placed for a few minutes in a covered box with about two inches of water at the bottom. Marijuana smoke was then blown into the water at the bottom of the box. Gill’s hypothesis is that the treatment sedates the animals and could make their deaths less traumatic. “I feel bad that when lobsters come here there is no exit strategy,” said Gill, who has owned Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound for seven years. Alrighty then! >click to read<11:37
