WEED FEED / John Ross Ferrara / Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 @ 11:02 a.m.

Weed Feed: CBS Says No to Medical Marijuana Super Bowl Ad

CBS has rejected a pro medical marijuana Super Bowl commercial on the grounds that the company doesn’t accept any marijuana-related ads.

USA Today reports that the cannabis company Acreage Holdings submitted a Super Bowl commercial featuring three medical marijuana patients giving testimonies about the medicinal benefits of the drug.

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

Variety reports that a 30-second ad for this year’s Super Bowl can cost between $5.1 and $5.3 million dollars.

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