We all knew it was coming, self-proclaimed genius Brian Laoruangroch, 29, wants to run a marijuana business like a tobacco business. His goal is to become the “Marlboro of marijuana” and yes, that means pre-rolled, filtered joints manufactured by the thousands and sold in packs much like cigarettes, complete with scantily clad models in the advertisements.
I don’t assume that all Weedists agree with my point of view that big business will only hurt the emerging legal cannabis industry, but I do believe that all of us don’t like the idea of basing these businesses on cigarette companies.
To his credit, though, Laoruangroch did make a pretty funny joke about his advertising strategy:
I thought that the two most important things for an ad were to make something comical, number one, and number two, it’s no secret that sex sells, [s]o we found two really comical girls and a really sexy cowboy.
Tags: business, legalization, tobacco.
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