Cannabis advertising is theadvertising ofcannabis products to consumers by thecannabis industry through a variety ofmedia. It is regulated in the U.S. by individual states. Some or all forms of cannabis advertising arebanned in many countries.

Severely limiting advertising is considered part of a "grudging toleration" approach to cannabis.^[1]

TheBeckley Foundation created New Draft Framework Convention on Cannabis Control in 2010 with Comprehensive ban proposal^[2][3]

California specifically prohibits false health claims in advertising,^[4] as does Washington State.^[5] Washington also prohibits advertising to children and "depictions of cannabis plants".^[5][6]

A form ofcross-promotion for cannabis and fast food was used in three CaliforniaJack in the Box locations in conjunction with the January 1, 2018 cannabis legalization underProposition 64.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Mail delivery of print advertising for cannabis is prohibited by U.S. federal regulations and laws,^[11] and traditional print media may face "fear of driving away other advertisers",^[12] creating an advertising market in localalternative newsweeklies.^[13]

Canada's national cannabis legalization imposes strict rules on advertising "similar to those governing the sale of cigarettes".^[14]

Anti-cannabis advertising campaigns, usually run aspublic service announcements, have included theStoner Sloth campaign in Australia, DrugsNot4Me in Canada,^[15] and several campaigns created byPartnership for a Drug-Free America including the "pot surgeon" PSA from the 1990s.^[16][17]

• Medmen's "Forget Stoner" Campaign (Created by B.J. Carretta)^[18]
• Weedmaps' #weedfacts Campaign^[18]

• Cannabis advertising in Denver
• Tobacco advertising
• Alcohol advertising

• Room, R. (2010).Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate. Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-958148-1. Retrieved2017-12-27.
• Marlatt, G.A.; Larimer, M.E.; Witkiewitz, K. (2011).Harm Reduction, Second Edition: Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors. Guilford Publications.ISBN 978-1-4625-0256-1. Retrieved2017-12-27.

• Wexler, Jay (2023). "Sure you can sell weed, just don't tell anyone about it: advertising, marketing, and promotion".Weed Rules: Blazing the Way to a Just and Joyful Marijuana Policy. University of California Press. pp. 95–115.ISBN 978-0520343924.
• State-by-State Guide to Cannabis Advertising Regulations,Leafly, 2015

• Media related toCannabis advertising at Wikimedia Commons

• Drug advertising
• Cannabis industry

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