Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 6:20 am
In Sacramento, California, the first medical marijuana ad was aired on television. The local Fox affiliate, KTXL, FOX40, aired the 30 second ad on Monday for CannaCare. The commercial (see video below) features testimonials for patients as the text ‘crawl’ describes how cannabis can relieve symptoms of illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, HIV, hepatitis C and others. The commercial is believed to be the first in the United States for medical marijuana. CannaCare is not a medical marijuana dispensary, which are the places patients go to purchase cannabis.
The acting general manager of KTXL, Mike Armstrong, defends the station’s decision to run the ad during it’s 10pm local news broadcast. “It is a matter of record within the medical community that medical marijuana can have positive results in helping relieve nausea and vomiting among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and increasing appetites among AIDS patients.”
CannaCare is a medical marijuana advocacy group. They do NOT sell marijuana! They primarily offer patients and the general public information on the medical use of marijuana as well as the legal details regard state and community laws. CannaCare does provide information on growing and cultivating marijuana, plus a list of suppliers of growing equipment.
Based in Seattle, CannaCare has branches in several states that have adopted medical marijuana laws. The TV ad does not use the term ‘marijuana’ at all during it, instead calling the product cannabis. Medical Marijuana relieves diseases such as AIDS/HIV, MS, diabetes, as well as chronic pain from arthritis. It’s benefits to assisting cancer patients ravaged by the side effects of chemotherapy are well documented.
KTXL, the Fox affiliate in Sacramento, has broken ground airing the first medical marijuana ad in the nation. There is no word yet if CannaCare intends to expand the ad campaign to include other states that allow the use of cannabis. Watch the commercial yourself (below) and decide for yourself if it will destroy Western Civilization.
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