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September 18, 2014

Pot ads challenge stoner stereotypes

  • Marijuana activists plan to spend $75,000 by year's end on ads in Colorado and eventually expand it to Washington state.
    • By KRISTEN WYATT
    Associated Press

    DENVER — Tired of Cheech & Chong pot jokes and ominous anti-drug campaigns, the marijuana industry and activists are starting an ad blitz in Colorado aimed at promoting moderation and the safe consumption of pot.

    To get their message across, they are skewering some of the old Drug War-era ads that focused on the fears of marijuana, including the famous “This is your brain on drugs” fried-egg ad from the 1980s.


     
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