Kennedy: Are We Ready For Big Tobacco-Style Marketing For Marijuana? [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 11/3/144:00 AM

There has been a lot of talk recently about marijuana legalization — increasing tax revenue for states, getting nonviolent offenders out of the prison system, protecting personal liberty, possible health benefits for those with severe illnesses. These are good and important conversations to have, and smart people from across the ideological spectrum are sharing their perspectives.

But one key dimension of the issue has been left out of the discussion until now: the marketing machine that will spring up to support these now-legal businesses, and the detrimental effect this will have on our kids.

[For more of this story, written by Patrick J. Kennedy, go to http://www.npr.org/2014/10/30/...keting-for-marijuana]

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