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Mobile marijuana advertisements are prohibited under California law. Licensees operating in the state are required to affix their advertising and marketing to a building or permanent structure. That’s because the law stipulates any “advertising or marketing placed in broadcast, cable, radio, print, and digital communications shall only be displayed where at least 71.6% of the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older".
San Diegans can take action against illegal party buses and other forms of mobile marijuana advertisements, including ads on pedicabs, shuttle buses and sign spinners:let your voices be heard by filing a resident complaint with the BCC: https://bcc.ca.gov/
Instructions on how to file a complaint:
How to file a complaint with the Bureau of Cannabis Control 1. Go to https://bcc.ca.gov/
2. Click on Licensees & Consumers in the ribbon near the top of the page
3. Click on File a Complaint
4. Click on File a complaint Electronically Using Our Online Licensing System
5. Read the General Disclaimer and check the box agreeing to the terms (located right above the green Continue Compliant box
6. Click the Continue Complaint box
7. Read through the complainant information and then decide if you would like to provide contact information. Select choice and press Continue Complaint.
8. If you decide to enter your contact information – fill out the form and decide if you would like them to remember your contact information. If you choose to have them remember your information fill out the form and press Save and Close. Then press Continue.
9. If your address is correct, press Continue Complaint
10. Fill out the Complaint Details page. If you have a photo or other supporting document, upload it to the page. If you attach a photo or document you must press the save button. Once attached, press Continue Complaint
11. Review details to ensure accuracy and press continue complaint.
12. Take a photo of the final screen showing that your complaint has been submitted.
Emissions from e-cigarettes are not harmless and calling them vapour is purposefully misleading, scientists argue. While the puffs from e-cigs aren't exactly smoke, the term 'vapour' often brings to mind an innocuous cloud of water. As such, public health experts argue 'aerosol' is a more accurate description, as e-cigarette clouds have been shown to contain harmful chemicals that may hang in the air and settle on nearby surfaces.
Scromiting” is the popular name for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS. A recent article in the Washington Post’s popular medical mysteries series highlighted the case of a woman’s uncontrolled vomiting.The article chronicled the effects of cannabinoid hyperemesis and the challenge patients and doctors face when attempting to make an accurate diagnosis. Yet the syndrome should not be a mystery. In fact, it is a daily diagnosis here in San Diego. Ask any emergency room physician or nurse.
Vaping marijuana and vaping nicotine have increased dramatically among 19-to-22-year-olds, with both more than doubling between 2017 and 2019, according to the University of Michigan’s annual U.S. national Monitoring the Future Panel Study.
In addition, use of marijuana in any form in 2019 among young adults was at or near the highest levels seen over the past four decades.
MPI is proud to partner with LA BHS, FNL, MADD for the Growing Suicide Prevention Conference on September 25th. MPI will be conducting a workshop at 11am regarding youth marijuana use and mental health. For registration details see below.
Date: September 25, 2020
Time: 8:00am-5:45pm
Register: https://bit.ly/gspc2020
Keynote Speaker: Sambo Sak