Diners at a Wisconsin-based pizza shop reportedly got high after eating a pie contaminated with THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana . Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, Wisconsin issued an apology after discovering that their pizzas had been accidentally contaminated with THC oil between Tuesday, October 22nd, at 4:30 PM and Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 PM, according to a post from the restaurant’s Facebook . “After receiving reports from staff, Yeti’s owner and employees of unexplained physical reactions, we underwent an investigation with the Stoughton Police and the local health officials,” read the post from Thursday.
“Today it was confirmed that pizza had been sold with dough mistakenly prepared with Delta9 contaminated oil. The oil accidentally used in the product originated from a shared storage space in the on-site cooperative commercial kitchen.” Delta9 is a cannabinoid found in Cannabis sativa, which is the active THC ingredient responsible for the high .
Cale Ryan, owner of Famous Yeti’s Pizza told Wisoncsin’s WMTV that “60 contaminated pizzas were unknowingly served.” The Public Health department of Madison & Dane County issued a statement after multiple people went to the town’s emergency medical services and had eaten at the same restaurant. “The oil in a container used to make the pizza tested positive for THC,” according to a statement from the public health department.
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