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CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana

By Erik Brady, USA TODAY

CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad that makes a case for medical marijuana.

Acreage Holdings, which is in the cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing business, said it produced a 60-second ad that shows three people suffering from varying health issues who say their lives were made better by use of medical marijuana.

Acreage said its ad agency sent storyboards for the ad to the network and received a return email that said: “CBS will not be accepting any ads for medical marijuana at this time.”

A CBS spokesperson told USA TODAY Sports that under CBS broadcast standards it does not currently accept cannabis-related advertising.

“We’re not particularly surprised that CBS and/or the NFL rejected the content,” Acreage president George Allen said. “And that is actually less a statement about them and more we think a statement about where we stand right now in this country.”

Allen said the issue is that 30 states and the District of Columbia allow varying forms of marijuana use while the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act.

“One of the hardest parts about this business is the ambiguity that we operate within,” Allen said. “We do the best we can to navigate a complex fabric of state and federal policy, much of which conflicts.”

Allen said the company had not decided whether to run its 60-second ad or a 30-second version when it learned that CBS would not accept any ads for medical marijuana.

CBS is charging an average of $5.2 million for a 30-second ad in this year’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots on Feb. 3.

“It’s a public service announcement really more than it is an advertisement,” said Harris Damashek, Acreage’s chief marketing officer. “We’re not marketing any of our products or retail in this spot.”

An unfinished version of the 60-second ad introduces a Colorado boy who suffers from Dravet syndrome; his mother says her son would have dozens to hundreds of seizures a day and medical marijuana saved his life. A Buffalo man says he was on opioids for 15 years after three back surgeries and that medical marijuana gave him his life back. An Oakland man who lost part of his leg in military service says his pain was unbearable until medical marijuana.

“The time is now,” say words on the screen near the end of the ad. Then the screen shifts and viewers are asked to call on their representatives in the U.S. House and Senate to advocate for change. Fine print at the bottom says the testimonials in the ad come from the experiences of the individuals and have not been evaluated by the FDA. The fine print also says marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance and medical use has not been approved in some states.

“Look, from my third-grade government class, we live in a representative democracy,” Allen said. “In theory, our elected officials are supposed to support legislative action that is in keeping with the will of the people.”

Acreage expects to post the ad online at some point so people can see it, even if they can’t see it on the Super Bowl.

“It’s not quite ready yet,” Damashek said, “but we anticipate and look forward to getting the message out far and wide.”

Article source USA Today

Here’s the Medical Cannabis Super Bowl Ad CBS Refused to Run

Medicinal use of cannabis was the first step – legalized nationwide in 2001 and now Cannabis is legal for both recreational and medicinal purposes. This is also an excellent opportunity for those who want to grow their own medical cannabis at home. In any case for Canadians who love cannabis, as they are lucky to experience a drug policy that adopts evidence-based approaches informed by science and logical reasoning.

Here’s an informational video to guide you:

Weed is legal: This is how you grow marijuana at home

Canada has officially legalized recreational marijuana and that means some provinces will allow for home grows.

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A 6-episode Netflix series, released in December 2018.

Murder Mountain is the story of Garret Rodriguez, who left home in San Diego to seek his fortune in the marijuana fields of Humboldt County, California. Within a year he vanished, touching off a series of bloody events that still haunt local residents to this day. Set against the backdrop of marijuana legalization, Humboldt’s outlaws are now speaking out for the first time about Garret’s fate and the group of vigilantes who brought him home.

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Of Death And Weed On ‘Murder Mountain’

by David Alm

In 2012, a 29-year-old surfer from Southern California named Garrett Rodriguez migrated north to grow marijuana in the hills of Humboldt County. He disappeared within a year, never to be heard from again, but the authorities had either little interest or limited capacity to search for him. Rodriguez was just one of the many missing people in Humboldt, a county that’s long been a magnet for those looking to get lost in the lush, green wilderness of Northern California.

Some come in peace, others with darker motives. Rodriguez, say those who knew him best, was among the former, but that didn’t make him immune to the violence that permeates the area — namely, a particularly remote part of Humboldt County known locally as “Murder Mountain.”

A new 6-part documentary series of the same name, which streamed this fall on Fusion and is now on Netflix, investigates Rodriguez’s disappearance against the backdrop of Humboldt County’s history with marijuana cultivation, and the extraordinary changes that have taken place there over the past two decades, since medical marijuana was provisionally legalized in the state with the passage of Proposition 215, in 1996.

In Murder Mountain’s telling, what began half a century ago with a handful of idealists looking to create their own little utopia in the woods has morphed into a vicious, lawless land where farmers are just as likely to get killed for their product as paid, where female weed trimmers may be told to do their jobs topless, and where bodies and cash are buried between the towering, thousand-year-old trees.

In the 1960s, land in Humboldt was cheap and mostly unpopulated, making it an oasis for people looking to escape the grid. They built homes, schools and libraries. Some also built marijuana farms, sequestered deep behind the so-called “redwood curtain.” Because they didn’t pay federal taxes, they created their own system of taxation, funneling their profits from selling cannabis right back into their communities. In short, marijuana helped build Humboldt County, which today produces between 60 and 80 percent of the weed sold in the United States.

As the industry has grown, it’s attracted bad elements from around the world, largely replacing the hippie ethos of the OGs — “original growers” — with one of depravity and greed. Nevertheless, and despite the numerous unsolved murders and missing persons in Humboldt County, many of those OGs see legalization as yet one more evil they have to contend with. Regulations and taxation threaten to put some of the smaller growers out of business entirely, so some have opted to remain illegal and sell only to black market buyers from other states. If they’re caught operating without the necessary permits, they face fines so punishing they could be bankrupt within weeks or even days.

Comprising dramatic reenactments as well as interviews with farmers, law enforcement officials, private investigators and residents of the area, Murder Mountain covers a lot of ground without losing a tight grip on the story that ties it all together, the disappearance of Garrett Rodriguez. It’s a fascinating look at an industry in transition, a riveting true crime series, and an expertly woven narrative of American ingenuity and bloodshed. Most importantly, it doesn’t pass judgement, allowing those whose lives and livelihoods are at stake to share their stories.

The season ends with a cliffhanger, suggesting more to come. Let’s hope so. With legalization still in its very nascent stages, both in California and, increasingly, around the country, there’s still much to tell.

Article source Forbes Magazine

Update: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office speaks out about ‘Murder Mountain’ portrayal

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High5 Market legalization time travel 2018

Save the dates and celebrate, HIGH5 Markets: Amazing vendors + edibles + extracts + Respect the Plant #respecttheplant

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High5 Market LUAU Edition trailer and Fall-out Promotional

High5 Market | Enjoy some highlights from the previous LUAU edition, cannabis marketplace, edibles and extracts, medicated products, and more… Special thanks to @biggybiggbud905 @bakersshop420 @bomb.nomz @litatrees @earthkissessky @wearethehigh5 for the words… Dopechef Media The next High5 Market is coming up follow @wearethehigh5 for details.

High Five Market Summer Heat trailer Luau promotional video

EVENT: the next High5 Market is a cannabis market. +Enjoy some video highlights from the ‘Summer Heat edition’ Special thanks to @sfgbakery @bloomhighteasocialclub @bakersshop420 @mattyspatties @mybastbox @wearethehigh5 Follow @wearethehigh5 for details and rsvp info https://www.instagram.com/wearethehigh5/ #craftcannabis #medicated #infused #products #marketplace #toronto #kensingtonmarket #cannabisfood #cbd #mocktails #dopechefmedia #high5market #cbd #djpremier #cannabismarket Video by @dopechefmedia

High Five Market PRIDE edition + Summer Heat (trailer)

Enjoy some highlights from the High Five market PRIDE edition (June 2018), special thanks to all marketeers and performers there

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A one minute trailer looking forward to the next High5 Market on Sunday July 22nd SUMMER HEAT edition, check out /wearethehigh5/ for details

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Aurora Cannabis Inc. COO Cam Battley shows James West the company’s cutting edge Aurora Sky facility at the Edmonton International Airport. Aurora Sky is built to EU GMP standards and is the most technologically advanced cannabis hybrid-indoor facility in the world.

Aurora Sky is not a greenhouse but rather an entirely closed indoor facility with a sophisticated glass roof that allows Aurora full control over environmental conditions. Aurora’s facility at the airport is the first in a line of Sky-class facilities that will be built-out globally.

Aurora Sky facilities are designed to produce cannabis well under $1 per gram, creating new industry production standards.

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Mark Scott, the man behind the children’s character Polkaroo, explains why he turned the character into Tokaroo.

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From Polkaroo to Tokaroo: Toronto performer becomes a marijuana mascot

Mark Scott based Tokaroo on the beloved TVO character, who he played at events for 2 decades

Tokaroo, a weed-themed parody of the the popular Canadian children’s character Polkaroo, was created by Mark Scott – the performer who embodied Polkaroo for 22 years during promotional events.

If you were out celebrating cannabis legalization in Toronto on Wednesday, you may have seen a giant kangaroo with bloodshot eyes and a massive joint posing for photos with revellers.

That’s Tokaroo, a weed-themed parody of the popular Canadian children’s character Polkaroo from The Polka Dot Door, a TV program that aired on TVO between 1971 and 1993.

And the man in the Tokaroo costume is none other than Mark Scott — the performer who embodied Polkaroo for 22 years during promotional events. On TV, Polkaroo was played intermittently by the show’s various hosts.

“Tokaroo … is a character who will talk about responsible drug use,” Scott told As It Happens host Carol Off.

“Now that Canada has legalized cannabis for recreational use, there can be more discussion about responsible altered states.”

One of several parody characters

Tokaroo is one of several Polkaroo-inspired characters Scott has created since he stopped playing the famous polka-dot kangaroo during promotional events in the ’90s.

Rainbowroo discusses LGBTQ issues, Signaroo is deaf and uses sign language, and Readyroo has special needs and a “ready, willing and able attitude,” Scott said.

He said the characters are aimed at kids and young adults and discuss “serious issues that need to be addressed in a controversial way that’s not really appropriate for mainstream media.”

Not affiliated with TVO

Tokaroo, Scott assures, never made any appearances while Polkaroo was still on the air.

“I think that would have been illegal,” he said with a chuckle.

Scott admits the folks at TVO have been “less than enthusiastic” about his unconventional creation.

Tokaroo is a purely personal project and not, in any way, affiliated with the Ontario public broadcaster.

“The giant spliff, as it were, is probably the symbol that lets people know that it’s Tokaroo and not Polkaroo,” Scott said.

“Because it is a parody on Polkaroo, I often would get people saying Polkaroo and I’d have to point to that joint and say, ‘No, it is Tokaroo.'”

TVO told As It Happens it plans to ask Scott “to take appropriate action to stop the use of this character.”

“While we can understand the nostalgia, TVO does not endorse this parody of Polkaroo, or that fact that it is being associated with an activity that is neither legal for children nor recommended for use by children,” TVO said in an emailed statement.

Scott has nothing but fond memories of his time sporting the iconic Polkaroo costume as a TVO contractor.

He said he got to meet, Queen Elizabeth, former U.S. national security adviser Colin Powell, and Saturday Night at the Movies host Elwy Yost, among others.

“I got to be part of that,” he said.

Though he didn’t get much a chance to communicate about social issues back then. Polkaroo was more of a mumbler.

“When I was told to talk, I was given the instruction to be kind of like Julia Childs and Kermit the Frog,” he said.

Responsible cannabis use

For Scott, cannabis advocacy is important because pot offers an alternative to booze.

“I come from an alcoholic family, and I suppose I have to admit that I sometimes want an altered state of mind too,” he said.

“I use the analogy that we all go to the playground to play and some go on the swings, some go on the merry-go-round, some go on the slide.

“As adults, we may want an altered state of mind, and Tokaroo is there to talk about how to have that responsibly — because excess makes a mess.”

For stories about how cannabis legalization will affect our lives, read stories from CBC Radio and articles from CBC News.

Written by Sheena Goodyear. Produced by Imogen Birchard.

Article source CBC News

Discussion breaks out over appropriateness of ‘Tokaroo’ mascot

While Global News was shooting video of Mark Scott in his ‘Tokaroo’ mascot, a man gets into a tense discussion with Scott about the appropriateness of the character.

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Discussion breaks out over appropriateness of ‘Tokaroo’ mascot

While Global News was shooting video of Mark Scott in his ‘Tokaroo’ mascot, a man gets into a tense discussion with Scott about the appropriateness of the character.

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Pioneer Cannabis-For-Pets Veterinarian Dr. Katherine Kramer’s Educational Webinar

VERNON, BC – Just five days after the legalization of marijuana in Canada, 117 people tuned in to hear what it means for pets. Members of the media who would like to learn more about cannabis for pets are invited to watch the 40-minute webinar, hosted by Dr. Katherine Kramer, DVM.

Dr. Kramer is a vocal advocate for the research and therapeutic use of cannabis for animals. She is the Founding Chair of True Leaf Medicine Veterinary Advisory Board, where she leads education and the research and development of therapeutic cannabis products for pets, and the Medical Director at the VCA-Canada Vancouver Animal Wellness Hospital.

During the webinar, Dr. Kramer shared:

What is cannabis and how does it affect pets? A breakdown of the many elements of the marijuana plant, including CBD and THC, and how the plant can be used medicinally for animals. New discoveries show that endocannabinoids play a role in almost every physiological process in the body.

Can cannabis be more effective than previously thought? The challenges of legalization: With the growing popularity of medical cannabis for people suffering from pain, more pet owners today are naively administering unsafe cannabis products to their pets.

What is marijuana toxicosis? What can pet owners do to keep their pets safe?
The opportunities: Canadian veterinarians have an opportunity to lead the way in cannabis-for-pets research.

About True Leaf

True Leaf is a plant-forward wellness brand for people and their pets. Founded in 2013, True Leaf has two main operating divisions: True Leaf Medicine Inc. and True Leaf Pet Inc.

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