{"id":2646,"date":"2018-09-25T16:45:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T23:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2018-09-26T08:56:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T15:56:43","slug":"getting-lobsters-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/getting-lobsters-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Getting Lobsters High Before Boiling Them More Humane?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of offbeat stories on the legal marijuana industry, but here\u2019s something you probably never thought you\u2019d read: Maine officials are investigating a restaurant that’s getting lobsters high before boiling them.<\/p>\n

Charlotte\u2019s Legendary Lobster Pound became even more legendary after the owner admitted the restaurant was giving lobsters cannabis before throwing them into the lobster pot.<\/p>\n

They do it by blowing marijuana smoke into the lobsters\u2019 enclosure.<\/p>\n

Getting Lobsters High<\/h2>\n

Why? To sedate the lobsters, therefore making their deaths less traumatic. The restaurant plans to start offering the marijuana-sedated lobsters to customers as early as October.<\/p>\n

The restaurant owner, Charlotte Gill, has even started calling her restaurant the \u201chome of the high-end lobster.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a No-No, Maybe<\/h3>\n

Maine officials asked Gill, who has a medical marijuana license, to stop using marijuana on lobsters because of the unknown health implications. Patrons, the officials, said, would not have information on the possible consequences of eating a lobster that has been sedated with marijuana.<\/p>\n

For the record, no one is suggesting you would get high from eating the lobster, like with a marijuana edible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the state\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services told<\/a><\/u> the New York Times that regulators would have to treat such use of cannabis as \u201cadulterated and therefore illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Gill, according to her own website, believes with a few adjustments she can continue with the practice. She wrote<\/a><\/u> that she is \u201ccompletely confident\u201d the adjustments \u201cwill bring us into undeniable compliance with not only the state but also any other associated issues that may arrive in the future.\u201d The adjustment details were not given.<\/p>\n

She said she reached her conclusion after researching state law. She emphasized that the state has asked her to stop, not commanded her to stop getting lobsters high. She also said she planned to start selling \u201chigh-end lobster\u201d to customers in November, but now may move it up to October.<\/p>\n

So Many Questions<\/h3>\n

Of course, this story is attracting a great deal of attention because of its oddity. But it also raises some questions that probably will never be answered. They include:<\/p>\n