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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    It’s tricky making weed ads unattractive to kids

    Federal, state and local government restrict ads for tobacco and alcohol products.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 18, 2018 • 1 min read

    Federal, state and local government restrict ads for tobacco and alcohol products. They’re figuring out how to do the same with newly legalized recreational cannabis in California, and specifically looking at how to ensure that weed ads don’t appeal to kids and teens.

    Photo of a cannabis billboard by Michell Eloy.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Ethan Hawke on ‘Blaze’ and why he’s uneasy about his own fame
    1. 0:00Should an allegation of sexual misconduct at a high school party disqualify Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court?
    2. 9:11It’s tricky making weed ads unattractive to kidsYou’re reading this
    3. 18:29Why the 2018 Emmys were not must-see TV
    4. 26:52Ethan Hawke on his new film about folk singer Blaze Foley
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