The first television ad for a marijuana product, set to run on a local Colorado station Tuesday night, was abruptly pulled from the lineup over legal concerns. Scripps, the parent company of Denver station KMGH, decided that the commercial shouldn’t run, said Valerie Miller, a Scripps communications manager.
The local station had previously approved the spot, but then told Cannabrand, the marketing company representing Neos, that the ad would be put on hold indefinitely “as ABC corporate investigates the legality of airing a ‘federally illegal’ substance on federal airwaves,” a Cannabrand statement said.
