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May 16, 2025 7:53 am  #1


Radio Gone To Pot?

I was a little taken aback when a couple of day ago I heard for the first time, a commercial that referenced cannabis. It is for Indeed and the scenario is a cannabis store owner needing staff. I wasn’t initially paying attention until I could have sworn I heard the word “indica”, I was right! Anyways, just think that it’s interesting that after seven years or so after legalizing it, this is the first time I’ve heard a commercial referring to it!

 

May 16, 2025 11:06 am  #2


Re: Radio Gone To Pot?

Well that's a neat loophole - I don't think cannabis shops can advertise directly (similar to tobacco).

Tobacconists everywhere exclaim: "Why didn't I think of that?".

 

May 16, 2025 4:54 pm  #3


Re: Radio Gone To Pot?

Shorty Wave wrote:

I was a little taken aback when a couple of day ago I heard for the first time, a commercial that referenced cannabis. It is for Indeed and the scenario is a cannabis store owner needing staff. I wasn’t initially paying attention until I could have sworn I heard the word “indica”, I was right! Anyways, just think that it’s interesting that after seven years or so after legalizing it, this is the first time I’ve heard a commercial referring to it!

Are you able to recall the station that ran the ad?

 

May 17, 2025 8:33 am  #4


Re: Radio Gone To Pot?

DOPEfm wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

I was a little taken aback when a couple of day ago I heard for the first time, a commercial that referenced cannabis. It is for Indeed and the scenario is a cannabis store owner needing staff. I wasn’t initially paying attention until I could have sworn I heard the word “indica”, I was right! Anyways, just think that it’s interesting that after seven years or so after legalizing it, this is the first time I’ve heard a commercial referring to it!

Are you able to recall the station that ran the ad?

 
I heard it on CFRB 1010 and also on AM740,  both in Toronto, starting Wednesday May 14th.

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May 17, 2025 8:52 am  #5


Re: Radio Gone To Pot?

Shorty Wave wrote:

DOPEfm wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

I was a little taken aback when a couple of day ago I heard for the first time, a commercial that referenced cannabis. It is for Indeed and the scenario is a cannabis store owner needing staff. I wasn’t initially paying attention until I could have sworn I heard the word “indica”, I was right! Anyways, just think that it’s interesting that after seven years or so after legalizing it, this is the first time I’ve heard a commercial referring to it!

Are you able to recall the station that ran the ad?

 
I heard it on CFRB 1010 and also on AM740, both in Toronto, starting Wednesday May 14th.

Which makes the "we need staff" loophole even funnier.
 

 

May 22, 2025 7:37 am  #6


Re: Radio Gone To Pot?

Shorty Wave wrote:

I was a little taken aback when a couple of day ago I heard for the first time, a commercial that referenced cannabis. It is for Indeed and the scenario is a cannabis store owner needing staff. I wasn’t initially paying attention until I could have sworn I heard the word “indica”, I was right! Anyways, just think that it’s interesting that after seven years or so after legalizing it, this is the first time I’ve heard a commercial referring to it!

 
I heard this commercial yesterday and I’m fairly certain they’ve tweaked it, as in no reference to “indica”. Someone wasn’t happy with it!

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May 22, 2025 9:08 pm  #7


Re: Radio Gone To Pot?

Or, possibly because they didn't give equal time to sativa :-) I did read that per the new Ontario budget, the gov't will no longer require Cannabis stores to cover up their front windows. They still cannot display product though. I look forward to see how creative they become, especially with a thriving illicit market that the gov't turns a blind eye to.