Keyser_Soze Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Quote Acreage Holdings, a company that works to make marijuana available to adults for medical and/or recreational use where legal, is hoping to spark a haze of publicity by noting CBS declined to run a 60-second commercial it created to run in the network’s coming broadcast of Super Bowl LIII on Sunday February 3rd. The move is one of the latest in a series of promotional stunts various entrepreneurs have tried to enact around the Super Bowl each year. “We put together a storyboard for an ad we planed on producing, ad we submitted it to the ad buying team at CBS through a media partner of ours. Very quickly after we submitted, we received rejection, and it wasn’t wholly unexpected,” says Harris Damashek, the company’s chief marketing officer, in an interview.” Most U.S. TV networks do not as a matter of course accept ads for marijuana products at present, because federal laws do not allow the products to be sold in all parts of the United States. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/marijuana-super-bowl-commercials-2019-cbs-1203113517/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 CBS would be insane to run a marijuana ad while it's illegal at a federal level, and I'm sure this company knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 When I was on vacation in Florida over Christmas, John Boehner kept popping up on TV for me to text him to find out how to become a "Marijuna Millionaire". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 53 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: When I was on vacation in Florida over Christmas, John Boehner kept popping up on TV for me to text him to find out how to become a "Marijuna Millionaire". Yeah I see it appear a few times every hour on CNN. Would of been interesting to see the commercial and actual reaction of the people. its been handy with me and my recent wrist surgery. Gave me Percocets for the pain but they don’t do too much for me, but grew my own stuff and works great combined. Sure I’m still in pain but a much more bearable pain then just using the Perc’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, TwinIon said: CBS would be insane to run a marijuana ad while it's illegal at a federal level, and I'm sure this company knew that. Not if the commercial was merely advocating for legalization. If it was advertising the actual purchase of a pot product, then I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number305 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 6 hours ago, TwinIon said: CBS would be insane to run a marijuana ad while it's illegal at a federal level, and I'm sure this company knew that. They knew it would be turned down. They are more interested in the free publicity tour for getting turned away. I doubt their marketing budget has the money for a 60 second super bowl ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 We are not there yet as a nation on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 10 hours ago, Hurdyb1 said: We are not there yet as a nation on this topic. On the contrary: we are more "there" as a nation on this topic than practically any other one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Elites and pundits aren’t there but everyone else is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I would rather not marijuana become so commercial that we have ads for it on TV. We really should be trying to reign in alcohol advertising, not allowing more ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Massdriver said: I would rather not marijuana become so commercial that we have ads for it on TV. We really should be trying to reign in alcohol advertising, not allowing more ads. They have ads for every other drug out there with a 30 second rundown of it makes your anus bleed and you should see your doctor if it does so. Why not marijuana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 9 hours ago, SFLUFAN said: On the contrary: we are more "there" as a nation on this topic than practically any other one! Good share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: They have ads for every other drug out there with a 30 second rundown of it makes your anus bleed and you should see your doctor if it does so. Why not marijuana? Major truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: They have ads for every other drug out there with a 30 second rundown of it makes your anus bleed and you should see your doctor if it does so. Why not marijuana? We should legalize it, but we don't have to celebrate it. I remember the tobacco ads when I was a kid. Joe Camel looked like a badass. That stuff has an effect. Alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and any other drug we can buy for general use should have ads restricted. If usage started spiking in teens, the movement towards legalization may end up falling apart. I would prefer smart, measured policies that regulate the stuff and keep ads off TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Massdriver said: We should legalize it, but we don't have to celebrate it. I remember the tobacco ads when I was a kid. Joe Camel looked like a badass. I don't think this advertisement was going to be anything like this. In fact, here is the ad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said: I don't think this advertisement was going to be anything like this. In fact, here is the ad: Yeah I'm not concerned with ads like that and should have been more specific that my concerns are more general. I am concerned with glorifying cannabis like alcohol is and tobacco used to be glorified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Canada doesn’t allow ads for marijuana but it sill seems to be selling well. They had less restrictions on advertising before its legalization. I think you don’t need the ads if people know that it’s legal and able to purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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