Intercity Transit bus ad featuring marijuana leaf upsets some

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Intercity Transit bus ad featuring marijuana leaf upsets some

Submitted by olyhempfest on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 3:44pm.

Intercity Transit bus ad featuring marijuana leaf upsets some
By Christian Hill | The Olympian • Published August 10, 2008

An advertisement featuring a marijuana leaf that’s on the sides of some Intercity Transit buses has drawn complaints.

Intercity Transit received complaints from two residents and one bus operator about the content of the Olympia Hempfest ad, which includes the image of a marijuana leaf and the phrase “Equal Rights are for Everybody,” said Meg Kester, an agency spokeswoman. The Olympian also received a complaint about the advertisements.

Those ads are awesome!

Submitted by OlyDowntowner on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 4:32pm.

Props to IT for having the cojones. This is a great town.

Coffee is the most widely

Submitted by Keith Hufnagel on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 12:53am.

Coffee is the most widely consumed psychotropic drug in the United States, but its contribution to the economy is debatable. The economic trend seems to be moving towards establishing a "better" economy that benefits the US and Europe without wasting money on suppression, but remember, "more" and "better" are two different birds that you can't kill with one stone.

To take three complaints sersiously

Submitted by Laurian on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 7:00am.

is just furthering the hysterical yet failed war on drugs. Claiming weed is evil, a gateway drug, makes Jesus cry etc... is like claiming the Earth is flat: It's your right to so but it sure makes you sound dumb.

great ad

Submitted by chad360 on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 12:59pm.

I think the OlyHempFest crew is very clever for using IT as a platform for the OlyHempFest message.

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