Video ad on jumbotron at event sponsored by MillerCoors and Crown Royal informed fans that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol and less likely to contribute to violent and reckless behavior
Media company that solicited the ad from the Marijuana Policy Project, approved the ad content, and accepted payment for the ad is dropping it after receiving pressure from an organization that claims marijuana is not less harmful than alcohol
By Steve Elliott
Hemp News
A video ad that began airing Friday on a jumbotron outside the NASCAR Brickyard 400 is scheduled to be pulled at the insistence of an extremist anti-drug group, because it highlights the fact that marijuana is objectively less harmful than alcohol. The company dropping the ad, Grazie Media, solicited the ad from the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), approved its content, and accepted payment for it.
The decision to pull the ad was announced in a press release distributed by Save Our Society From Drugs, which states the organization opposes the ad because of its message that marijuana is less toxic than alcohol and less likely to contribute to violent and reckless behavior.
"We find it odd that this company is willing to run ads at an alcohol-fueled event, yet unwilling to run an ad that simply highlights the ways in which marijuana is less harmful than alcohol," said Mason Tvert, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project.