Marijuana Legalization 2015: Denver TV Pot Ad Is First Legally Televised Advertisement For Weed

The first televised advertisement in Denver for legal marijuana is scheduled to air on local ABC affiliate KMGH, the Cannabist reported Wednesday. The advertisement for Neos, a company that extracts cannabis oil and sells it in loaded vaporizer pens, is slated to run July 20 at 10:35 p.m., prior to "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The 15-second ad was expected to be the first of several marijuana-related ads to run on KMGH, and it would likely be the first ever advertisement for pot on TV.

The verified Twitter account for Neos posted the following announcement of its advertisement on Friday:

We're VERY excited to be running the first cannabis commercial on local Denver News Channel 7 at 10:30pm. Tune... http://t.co/WT5aG7WN9x

— Neos (@LiveNeos) July 17, 2015

Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults aged 21 and over in 2012, becoming the...

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