They gave me a way to live.
September 2, 2010 7:14 PM Subscribe
"Earlier this week, Tribune's KTXL Sacramento aired what it says is the first-ever TV station ad for marijuana. The Fox affiliate aired a 30-second spot, paid for by Sacramento-based medicinal marijuana advocacy group CannaCare and produced by KTXL, advertising a medical marijuana dispensary." CannaCare Commercial.
I guess we know what their logo guys spent their budget on.
posted by NoraCharles at 7:23 PM on September 2, 2010
posted by NoraCharles at 7:23 PM on September 2, 2010
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic former mayor of San Francisco, will co-chair the campaign to defeat Proposition 19... "California will not see a single positive result if Proposition 19 passes," said Senator Feinstein. "It is a poorly constructed initiative that will cause harm to Californians on our roadways, and in our schools, workplaces and communities."
posted by Joe Beese at 7:24 PM on September 2, 2010
posted by Joe Beese at 7:24 PM on September 2, 2010
Cool. But it surprised me how many commercials there were for head shops in Colorado. Like, back-to-back.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:25 PM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:25 PM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Afterward, Sen. Feinstein picked up her hatchet and took to the streets...
posted by griphus at 7:27 PM on September 2, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by griphus at 7:27 PM on September 2, 2010 [2 favorites]
BS. I've seen at least three. I saw this on late-night TV a few months ago.
California is so cute. They think they invented pot. Yesterday I was at the liquor store, and the owner (a nice guy, if talkative) insisted on spending ten minutes showing me the four different varieties of plants he's growing right now. Maybe they can get back to us when they actually have a friggin' industry like we do here in Colorado.
posted by koeselitz at 7:29 PM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
California is so cute. They think they invented pot. Yesterday I was at the liquor store, and the owner (a nice guy, if talkative) insisted on spending ten minutes showing me the four different varieties of plants he's growing right now. Maybe they can get back to us when they actually have a friggin' industry like we do here in Colorado.
posted by koeselitz at 7:29 PM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
I've seen ads on cable TV in San Diego for MMJ dispensaries. But the best ads are in the SD Reader where there's page after page of offers for free "baked goods" or joints with first purchase.
posted by birdherder at 7:42 PM on September 2, 2010
posted by birdherder at 7:42 PM on September 2, 2010
That's a good ad. Say what you want about recreational pot use, but restricting its use as medicine is just fucking cruel. I live in Oregon, and I've seen what a quality-of-life difference it can make for really sick people. If you're opposed to something that allows sick (and dying) people to get through the day with less pain, and without the side effects of most synthetic medications, then you're a terrible person.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 7:47 PM on September 2, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by OverlappingElvis at 7:47 PM on September 2, 2010 [2 favorites]
WOULD YOU LET EACH OTHER FINISH YOUR FREAKING SENTENCES?
posted by Salvor Hardin at 8:08 PM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Salvor Hardin at 8:08 PM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Maybe they can get back to us when they actually have a friggin' industry like we do here in Colorado.
Can you clarify? Because it's a multibillion dollar something in California. What makes Colorado's an industry and California's not?
posted by rtha at 8:11 PM on September 2, 2010 [4 favorites]
Can you clarify? Because it's a multibillion dollar something in California. What makes Colorado's an industry and California's not?
posted by rtha at 8:11 PM on September 2, 2010 [4 favorites]
This is a case in point. Is this seriously California's first TV ad for pot? I saw one a year ago in Colorado.
More precisely, though (and dropping my ridiculous combativeness; I know this isn't an issue of competition, sorry) from what I can tell Colorado's laws are a lot more dispensary- and profit-friendly. I was actually at a barbecue at a dispensary in Boulder last weekend, and we talked about this; the consensus seemed to be that it's a hell of a lot harder in California to get your "primary caregiver" status so that you're legal to grow and deal it. I know it's a big industry in California, but it's kinda ridiculous here – if you put up a few thousand dollars, you can be a licensed dealer, even if you're a convicted felon or you've never been a resident or you don't know shit about medicine or whatever.
I know the government is actually a bit worried. I think it's been good for us, but they're raising the limits on dispensary licenses. I don't think that's a terrible thing; it probably use some trimming back at this point.
posted by koeselitz at 8:39 PM on September 2, 2010
More precisely, though (and dropping my ridiculous combativeness; I know this isn't an issue of competition, sorry) from what I can tell Colorado's laws are a lot more dispensary- and profit-friendly. I was actually at a barbecue at a dispensary in Boulder last weekend, and we talked about this; the consensus seemed to be that it's a hell of a lot harder in California to get your "primary caregiver" status so that you're legal to grow and deal it. I know it's a big industry in California, but it's kinda ridiculous here – if you put up a few thousand dollars, you can be a licensed dealer, even if you're a convicted felon or you've never been a resident or you don't know shit about medicine or whatever.
I know the government is actually a bit worried. I think it's been good for us, but they're raising the limits on dispensary licenses. I don't think that's a terrible thing; it probably use some trimming back at this point.
posted by koeselitz at 8:39 PM on September 2, 2010
In my semi-rural California county, it's "estimated" to be one of the top 5 cash crops (#1 is wine grapes, followed by free-range beef cattle, broccoli and strawberries; yeah, you could live on what we grow here).
There's a backlash in progress here. Los Angeles got up to 600+ dispensaries, panicked, changed the rules and shut down 80-90% of them. Meanwhile, the Feds went after one licensed dispensary up here and convicted the owner in an L.A. courtroom. Totally schizophrenic. But they say pot can do that to you... or lack of pot.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:55 PM on September 2, 2010
There's a backlash in progress here. Los Angeles got up to 600+ dispensaries, panicked, changed the rules and shut down 80-90% of them. Meanwhile, the Feds went after one licensed dispensary up here and convicted the owner in an L.A. courtroom. Totally schizophrenic. But they say pot can do that to you... or lack of pot.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:55 PM on September 2, 2010
the consensus seemed to be that it's a hell of a lot harder in California to get your "primary caregiver" status so that you're legal to grow and deal it.
Well, patients here are allowed to grow their own. The amount allowed varies by county.
posted by rtha at 9:21 PM on September 2, 2010
Well, patients here are allowed to grow their own. The amount allowed varies by county.
posted by rtha at 9:21 PM on September 2, 2010
Yeah, patients here can grow, too.
Sounds like it's actually pretty similar between the two states.
posted by koeselitz at 9:34 PM on September 2, 2010
Sounds like it's actually pretty similar between the two states.
posted by koeselitz at 9:34 PM on September 2, 2010
KFC
"The infamous K.F.C. dispensary, a.k.a. Kind For Cures, has reopened in Los Angeles as the city has backed off on its crackdown against allegedly illegal marijuana dispensaries."
posted by hortense at 10:17 PM on September 2, 2010
"The infamous K.F.C. dispensary, a.k.a. Kind For Cures, has reopened in Los Angeles as the city has backed off on its crackdown against allegedly illegal marijuana dispensaries."
posted by hortense at 10:17 PM on September 2, 2010
What I'm really interested to see about what develops with the dispensary model is if they give rise to drug store chains in the same way that many notable drug stores today (Think Walgreens, Bartells, CVS, and the like) have their roots in the alcohol prohibition, where they originally made their fortune dispensing prescribed, medicinal alcohol (or pre-prohibition, any number of drugs over the counter without a prescription) and then branched out into dry goods and housewares and the like.
I don't think they will in the same sense, though. Maybe instead of "five and dime" style drug stores they'll branch out into being bakeries or restaurants, or gardening supply centers or something.
posted by loquacious at 3:56 AM on September 3, 2010
I don't think they will in the same sense, though. Maybe instead of "five and dime" style drug stores they'll branch out into being bakeries or restaurants, or gardening supply centers or something.
posted by loquacious at 3:56 AM on September 3, 2010
Funny how this ad doesn't have any examples of 20-something hipster boys who need medical marijuana for their social anxiety disorder.
posted by Nelson at 8:05 AM on September 3, 2010
posted by Nelson at 8:05 AM on September 3, 2010
.
posted by andreaazure at 8:18 AM on September 3, 2010
posted by andreaazure at 8:18 AM on September 3, 2010
It's true that California's medical cannabis laws and regulations aren't "profit-friendly" in the traditional sense. Both the initial law and the Attorney General's guidelines specify that dispensaries are non-profits. There are many, many people making a living, even a good living, in what is absolutely an industry here, but CA chose very intentionally to frame dispensaries themselves as non-profits.
And yes, I don't know why this commercial is getting all the media. I've seen ads for one of the dispensaries on local TV here.
posted by gingerbeer at 8:35 AM on September 3, 2010
And yes, I don't know why this commercial is getting all the media. I've seen ads for one of the dispensaries on local TV here.
posted by gingerbeer at 8:35 AM on September 3, 2010
« Older That rug really tied the room together, did it not... | Juan Pablo Bravo's character infographics Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by battleshipkropotkin at 7:20 PM on September 2, 2010