Advertising

Under a new directive, Missouri medical cannabis companies can no longer advertise strain names or engage in any other form of advertising.

Tumblr updated its advertising policies this week to allow ad campaigns by hemp CBD companies and Colorado- and California-based cannabis companies.

Montana regulators have revised the state’s cannabis advertising rules following industry outcry over the heavy-handed restrictions.

New Jersey’s proposed cannabis industry regulations include provisions for social equity and microbusinesses, and application fees as low as $100.

Montana has proposed draft rules for cannabis industry advertising, including a ban on social media ads in addition to not being allowed to advertise on TV, radio, or in newspapers.

Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary over their use of his character Borat on a billboard without permission.

The United Nations Office on Crime and Drugs is calling for a “comprehensive ban on advertising” of cannabis products in order to place “public health interest before commercial interests.”

Lawmakers in the Idaho Senate fast-tracked a bill last week to ban cannabis advertising in the state in response to roadside cannabis ads near the Oregon border.

The California Bureau of Cannabis Control has ruled that cannabis billboard advertisements are not allowed on interstate highways or within 15 miles of the California state border.

A cannabis business in Portland, Maine is facing a $10,000 fine over the company logo, which regulators say violates a state law prohibiting cannabis packaging or labels from depicting images that might “reasonably” appeal to minors.

Weedmaps has been named the official sponsor for the November 28 boxing bout between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.

A judge has ruled that California cannabis regulators overstepped their authority by allowing cannabis companies to advertise on billboards along state freeways.

A recent study by Washington State University researchers found that teenage boys are easily influenced by social media and advertising into believing that cannabis will improve their sex lives.

Data from the Adopt a Highway Maintenance Corporation shows that about two-thirds of the roads sponsored by Clean Colorado’s Sponsor a Highway program are funded by cannabis companies.

A recent marketing stunt from the California Milk Advisory Board aims to ride the coattails of cannabis business in a tone-deaf attempt to bolster their struggling industry.

Lawmakers in Massachusetts have proposed the banning of cannabis advertisements from billboards; proponents of the ban say that billboards flout state laws that prohibit the advertising of cannabis to minors.

Regulators in the UK have banned a $2.56 million ad campaign for Dead Man’s Fingers, a hemp CBD-infused rum product from Cornish Rum Company that leaned on cannabis innuendos in its marketing strategies.

A proposal in San Diego, California would ban cannabis billboards within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, public parks, daycare centers, and youth centers.

A CBD shop in Chicago is suing its landlord after being told they couldn’t display their logo, which contains a hemp leaf, on local signage because the landlords claim it would promote “marijuana usage.”

Facebook has continued its spree of uneven treatment of cannabis organizations, even for those who are technically compliant with its policies regarding cannabis ads.

It’s the first time that cannabis companies could place advertisements at New York City’s famous Times Square New Year’s Eve party.