Alternatives to the UN's Cannabis Advertising Ban

Blaise Lucey
October 17, 2021
Alternatives to the UN's Cannabis Advertising Ban

This past summer, the UN recommended that all cannabis advertising should be banned. With increasingly high potency THC products on the market. the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released the World Drug Report with those recommendations as part of it. However, we believe that this is a short-sighted approach. More information and more education is the key to helping consumers understand the growing cannabis market and, as part of that, responsible cannabis advertising can be part of it.

Surfside co-founder Jon Lowen wrote a piece for The Rolling Stone that goes into detail about the alternative considerations that could be possible, instead of a universal ban on all cannabis advertising.

Read the full article in The Rolling Stone.

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