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The Connecticut House passed a bill this week to restrict cannabis advertising, crack down on commercial gifting, and allow physician assistants to write medical cannabis prescriptions.

The NFL has included cannabis in its restricted category for Super Bowl advertisements; the ban applies to all ads, even in states with legalization policies in place.

New guidelines from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority include a ban on advertisements for cannabis and hallucinogenic mushrooms, similar to bans on alcohol and tobacco advertising.

Colorado’s new medical cannabis rules, which take effect starting January 1, include stricter cannabis purchase limits for patients and a ban on marketing medical cannabis to people under age 21.

Missouri officials have proposed new medical cannabis industry rules that would allow promotional events and the posting of price discounts. The rules also include a ban on hemp-derived Delta-8 THC.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong sent a letter to seven Massachusetts cannabis companies asking them to remove their billboards from along Connecticut highways.

A South Dakota committee signed off on the latest round of regulations for the state’s medical cannabis program ahead of the November 18 deadline for issuing identification cards to patients.

The South Dakota Department of Health has released a rewritten version of some of the state’s medical cannabis rules after the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee rejected previous versions.

Under a new directive, Missouri medical cannabis companies can no longer advertise strain names or engage in any other form of advertising.

Tumblr updated its advertising policies this week to allow ad campaigns by hemp CBD companies and Colorado- and California-based cannabis companies.

Montana regulators have revised the state’s cannabis advertising rules following industry outcry over the heavy-handed restrictions.

New Jersey’s proposed cannabis industry regulations include provisions for social equity and microbusinesses, and application fees as low as $100.

Montana has proposed draft rules for cannabis industry advertising, including a ban on social media ads in addition to not being allowed to advertise on TV, radio, or in newspapers.

Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary over their use of his character Borat on a billboard without permission.

The United Nations Office on Crime and Drugs is calling for a “comprehensive ban on advertising” of cannabis products in order to place “public health interest before commercial interests.”

Lawmakers in the Idaho Senate fast-tracked a bill last week to ban cannabis advertising in the state in response to roadside cannabis ads near the Oregon border.

The California Bureau of Cannabis Control has ruled that cannabis billboard advertisements are not allowed on interstate highways or within 15 miles of the California state border.

A cannabis business in Portland, Maine is facing a $10,000 fine over the company logo, which regulators say violates a state law prohibiting cannabis packaging or labels from depicting images that might “reasonably” appeal to minors.

Weedmaps has been named the official sponsor for the November 28 boxing bout between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.

A judge has ruled that California cannabis regulators overstepped their authority by allowing cannabis companies to advertise on billboards along state freeways.

A recent study by Washington State University researchers found that teenage boys are easily influenced by social media and advertising into believing that cannabis will improve their sex lives.

Data from the Adopt a Highway Maintenance Corporation shows that about two-thirds of the roads sponsored by Clean Colorado’s Sponsor a Highway program are funded by cannabis companies.