United States News
See other United States News Articles
Title: Here's the Medical Cannabis Super Bowl Ad CBS Refused to Run
Source:
Blacklisted News
URL Source: https://www.blacklistednews.com/art ... er-bowl-ad-cbs-refused-to.html
Published: Jan 24, 2019
Author: Javier Hasse
Post Date: 2019-01-25 07:34:50 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1157
Comments: 8
It was all over the news on Tuesday: CBS rejected a public service announcement highlighting the benefits of medical cannabis, which was intended to be aired during the 2019 Super Bowl. Long story short, what happened was Acreage Holdings, one of the largest U.S. based cannabis companies, which counts former House Speaker John Boehner and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld among its advisors, created a 60-second public service announcement (or ad, if you will) featuring three medical cannabis patients and their loved ones explaining how marijuana had changed their lives for the better -- and suggesting it is a great alternative to other more dangerous pharma drugs. The company submitted the ad to CBS and was ready to pay the estimated $5 million to $10 million it would cost to air during the 2019 Super Bowl. Related: CBS Won't Air What Would Have Been the First-Ever Super Bowl PSA for Cannabis Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering that cannabis remains illegal on the federal level under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, CBS rejected the ad. A network spokesperson told USA Today that, for the time being, pot-related ads did not fit CBS’ broadcast standards. Interested in getting some athletes’ insights, Entrepreneur reached out to Treyous Jarrells, a former Colorado State running back who had to quit football so that he could continue to medicate with cannabis, and has since become a vocal cannabis advocate and entrepreneur. “I’m a huge activist when it comes to the cannabis space, but I see why CBS rejected this ad, being that it’s tied to the NFL… Knowing what we know about how cannabis is viewed when it comes to professional sports, especially football, it only makes sense that the ad was rejected; the NFL still views cannabis as a banned substance.” Marvin Washington, former Super Bowl champion turned cannabis entrepreneur, investor and advocate with Athletes For Care, told Entrepreneur that “Acreage made a nice play for the industry and the future, and cannabis will be commercialized. Even in being denied, they showed the nation the future of cannabis. It will be mainstream.” Harris Damashek, chief marketing officer for Acreage Holdings, said the decision was hypocritical. “You will see countless ads (during the Super Bowl) for beer and erectile dysfunction medications but our ad with an educational goal to help people who are suffering is rejected. That is the irony we are looking to highlight.’’ Related: Strange but True: Even Texas Is Getting Serious About Decriminalization and Medical Marijuana A lot can be said and discussed about this topic. And much has been discussed already. However, since Acreage Holdings did not release the footage, very few people have seen the ad but Green Entrepreneur has managed to get its hands on the material, exclusively. The ad opens with Austin, a young man suffering a seizure caused by epilepsy. His mother, Amy Bourlon-Hilterban, from Florence, Colorado, explains that “Austin would have dozens to hundreds of seizures every single day,” and that prescription medications were not working. Then, we see Greg Kazmierczak, who declares to have been hooked on opioids for 15 years, using them to treat his back pain, and Ryan Miller, a military veteran who also suffered from excruciating pain after losing a leg during the service. All three of them had found a better treatment alternative in medical cannabis. “Medical cannabis saved Austin’s life,” says Amy Bourlon-Hilterban, echoed by other patients and their family members. “It’s [cannabis prohibition] not just unfair. It’s cruel,” she ends, as the screen displays the following words: The time is now. Please call your U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator to advocate for change now. And finally, for the moment everyone has been waiting for, the cannabis-themed public service announcement Acreage Holdings wanted to run during this year’s Super Bowl -- but couldn’t.
The Footage
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Only drug cultists give a shit.
Parents with epileptic kids, injured veterans, and anyone who benefits medically from cannabis gives a shit. Unless you're a heartless SOB - those freaks don't give a shit. Like you for instance.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
Guess you neglected to read the many comments that were contrary to the video's claim. Here's just a couple: Nice try. So you have an anecdote where it didn't work. You can't say it "does not" work, you can only say that it "did not work in your case". Since you went public with this video, it's only fair that you also go public about what oil you took. Meanwhile it should be obvious that not all cannabis oil is created equal for a myriad of reasons. A few parting points: Cannabis is a battleship, but the diet is the fleet. Plenty of things kill cancer. *** It seems cannabis can cure most cancer patients, but certainly not all of them. I've set up a database with cancer patients, i have 310 cases so far, and 42% of the patients treated conventionally survived the first 5 years after diagnosis, while patients who preferred alternative medicine survived in 81% of the cases (if we only count the "difficult cancers", ie the ones in the vital organs, the difference is still much grater). Among cannabis oil users, 88% of the patients survived 5 years. But there is no guarantee that someone is not one of the 12% who didn't survive (or ware it didn't work).
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. You didn't have time to watch the video. You scrolled down to drug cultists comments.
I watched - ONE guy. So it didn't work for his dad - it has worked for countless others. Your Anslinger mindset is soooo 1930's.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. It ain’t a cancer cure all, Dumb dumb... however, feel free to die high. lol
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
Only drug cultists give a shit.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
(Edited)
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#5. To: Deckard (#4)
#6. To: A K A Stone (#5)
You didn't have time to watch the video. You scrolled down to drug cultists comments.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#7. To: Deckard (#6)
#8. To: Deckard (#4)
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]