- Tuesday February 9, 2016
Social Media & the War on Weed
In what seems to be linked to the series of events, Facebook and Instagram recently began closing pages and accounts of legitimate (and often licensed) companies related to marijuana. It began to shut down with a few New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries and spread throughout the US in many other legal areas, as well.
Mary's Medicinals was their page before closing the day in the major promotional event (X Games in Aspen) and lost thousands of followers in the process. The Medicine Man (dispensary of Denver, CO) recently in Instagram to shut down after the publication of John Mayer image in one of the growth of their rooms. The one job incentive to calculate the medicine man who had thousands of times as a result of the new celebrity shout-out. Drew the attention of the sudden increase in activity and social platform, the account was deleted without warning.
These are just two examples of companies that have invested time and money in the strategies, promotions and social media, only for them to go up in smoke over a few days. Although full compliance with their page accounts and overall business practices, they will have to start building their own website from scratch again.
A spokesman for Facebook claims on closed lists are trying to keep the conditions and standards of society, but these companies do not operate against the provisions of Facebook at all. In fact, Facebook restricts only the announcement of the sale of drugs from the "unauthorized dealers" and limits the sale of marijuana products through the site itself - either any of these legal hemp guilty by companies.
Although sites like Facebook allows the state to promote the legalization of marijuana, strict guidelines and gray areas in the rules and regulations put a lot of hemp companies in danger if they choose to continue to add content associated with cannabis.
Black market Online Marijuana
Then maybe the motive for the ban and more closely related to concerns surrounding cannabis illegal transactions compliant companies hemp.
In early January, CBS4 reported that law enforcement officials and local law enforcement Colorado were using social media sites such as Facebook and Tumblr distributors to stop illicit cannabis. According to the report, it was Sean Edelson arrested, aged 26, after a response to a Facebook image of cannabis large grow with the title of "approaching the peak !! taking orders now !!" saying that "the kind of person who will take everything, every time. "
Unless Edelson not he realize that this was not the last of the actual farms, but instead of a Denver police officer undercover who created (along with a complete background of an elaborate story with photos and other posts fake) in an attempt to bust cannabis dealers and distributors illegally.
Some claim that this is a case of entrapment, despite her dark if this is the case. Yes, undercover agents lied about their intentions on a platform of social media in order to arrest someone, but admitted Edelson willingly he often buys large quantities of products, such as marijuana. Because it is illegal for police officers to lie if they were trying to stop the illegal activity on the Internet (and it did not compel Edelson to buy anything you would not buy otherwise) to trap the case would be difficult to prove.
Also prove this case, the black market is alive and well (even in legal states), and became platforms and social media a prime location for deals negotiations. The move also comes at par with the recent ban of arms sales through Facebook, which means that social media sites simply do not want to take the risk. Their association with the black market, after all, is a great way to get hot water with the federal government and these companies many millions of dollars are not willing to take the heat for the snafu another person.
So What Do I Do Now?
Stings and social media is one of the latest methods authorities are trying to bring down the black market in legal states. Unfortunately, it has also offered the validity of legitimate hemp companies and brands who are working hard to promote your brand without breaking the law. Punished companies based on cannabis, which was compatible on the regulations and restrictions on the changing industry of illegal acts of a few.
All this underscores the need to improve the marijuana laws at the level of the nation. There will always be demand for marijuana, and therefore will always be a market for it - offline and online. As long as cannabis is still illegal in some parts of the country, the black market online is booming and companies will have to risk losing social accounts by posting content to engage users and help increase brand awareness payment.
If hemps legal, affordable and easy access to all parts of the country, the withdrawal of about black market dwindle and hemp legitimate companies will be able to better cope with their fans online. Then maybe hemp companies be free to thrive in abundance, such as plants that grow.
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