Alaska is easing restrictions on marijuana advertising and product sampling, the latest step toward liberalizing the state’s cannabis program as state lawmakers also contemplate MJ tax reform.
Social media giant Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, updated its advertising policy for hemp and CBD products, although ads for CBD products remain heavily restricted.
Rhode Island is now allowing some advertisements by retail licensees who sell both medical and recreational marijuana.
Mother Earth Wellness in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is challenging state regulations that allow out-of-state retailers more advertising rights.
Twitter’s new policy change permitting advertising and marketing by state-legal cannabis companies is a step forward for the sector and could nudge other digital advertising platforms to rethink their prohibitions on cannabis promotions, industry insiders say.
Google Ads will no longer ban all hemp and CBD advertising in California, Colorado and Puerto Rico, but there continue to be limitations to marketers.
A television commercial from cannabis e-commerce and advertising platform Weedmaps was rejected for Super Bowl airtime by the NFL championship game’s broadcaster, NBC-TV.
