DOES EXPOSING LOBSTERS TO MARIJUANA SMOKE LESSEN THE PAIN OF BEING BOILED ALIVE?

U.S. researchers wanted to see if exposing lobsters to marijuana smoke could ease their pain as they’re being cooked. The scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory placed several store-bought Maine lobsters in a sealed box filled with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for 30 to 60 minutes at a time. The weed vapor was delivered in 10-second spurts every five minutes. They found that the critters’ movements noticeably slowed down, while samples taken later from their gills, claws, heart, brain and liver revealed that the lobsters did indeed absorb the THC. After removing and rinsing the lobsters, the scientists lowered them into the 118.4-degree water to see how they reacted. Nope – they still went into the boiling water screaming and flailing. The researchers’ conclusion: Dousing lobsters with pot smoke doesn’t dull their pain.
* But because the researchers were high as well, they ate all the lobsters before they could do any more research.
* Although the scientist admitted they’d never heard a lobster giggle before as they pulled it out of the pot box.
* They got so stoned, they spent the next hour doing the experiment boiling potatoes.
* Meanwhile, the lobsters are thinking, “I’ve got the munchies so bad, even I would eat me.”
* “And how would the gentleman like his lobster prepared tonight?” “Dank.”