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CBS rejects medical marijuana Super Bowl ad
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:37 pm
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The Super Bowl isn’t ready for medical marijuana.
Acreage Holdings, the multi-state cannabis company backed by John Boehner, says CBS rejected a television advertisement that calls for the legalization of medical marijuana. The network, which is airing the game on Feb. 3, nixed the proposed spot after seeing a rough outline, according to the company.
While medical marijuana is now legal in more than 30 states, the federal prohibition on cannabis has restricted research and made it difficult for some potential patients to get their hands on a drug that proponents say helps treat seizures, pain and other ailments.
The advertisement aimed to “create an advocacy campaign for constituents who are being lost in the dialogue,” Acreage President George Allen said. Super Bowl airtime would have been the best way to achieve this, he added.
“It’s hard to compete with the amount of attention something gets when it airs during the Super Bowl,” Allen said in a telephone interview.
CBS didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment on Monday, which was a federal holiday.
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Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:38 pm to Jim Rockford
Wonder how many booze commercials there will be?
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:39 pm to Jim Rockford
So instead we’ll get some alcohol ads with humor and characters targeted at youth. Got it.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:39 pm to Jim Rockford
Beer companies hate marijuana. SB can't afford to piss off their #1 sponsor
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:43 pm to Jim Rockford
should have added a mixed couple into it
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:44 pm to Jim Rockford
now their commercial will get 10x the publicity
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:46 pm to genro
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Beer companies hate marijuana
Why not both??
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:48 pm to bleeng
What do you mean? Why not hate both? Why not do both? That's fine but I think high people on average don't drink as much
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:49 pm to Costanza
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Wonder how many booze commercials
Heres your problem. The big alcohol lobby (Inbev) has wayyyy too much lose.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:30 pm to NYNolaguy1
Big Pharma as well
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:35 pm to Jim Rockford
People that think pot legalization is just about people wanting to get high are missing the bigger picture. It’s about public common sense being able to overcome money and lobbying controlling our laws.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:52 pm to Jim Rockford
So now they’ll get 4 times the publicity for a quarter of the cost of a sb commercial. Can’t say I’d be upset if I were them.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:55 pm to Jim Rockford
Not news
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:56 pm to NYNolaguy1
If the current bill passes, big alcohol and tobacco are going to be all over weed. They’re already moving that way. The handwriting is on the wall.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 7:28 pm to Winston Cup
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now their commercial will get 10x the publicity
Best thing that could have happened
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