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The TikTok cannabis ad ban is blocking leaders in New York from using the popular video hosting platform to further its public education program on cannabis. They are seeking to have the ban lifted so they can use the platform to run advertisements that educate New Yorkers about legal adult-use cannabis<\/a>. Officials expect sales to start in New York in late 2022.<\/p>\n

In a letter to TikTok, Chris Alexander, executive director of the New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), asked the social media company to remove its ban on any ad that mentions the word \u201ccannabis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re running our Cannabis Conversation public education ads on billboards, on subways, on TV, and all over social media. But not on TikTok, which rejected our ads,\u201d the OCM said<\/a> in a Tweet. \u201cSo, we sent them a letter demanding they allow cannabis education ads on their platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

TikTok Is Owned By Chinese Multinational Corporation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

TikTok is wildly popular around the world and has become such a cultural icon that even \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d made a parody of what it\u2019s like to\u00a0scroll <\/a>through the video platform. The company is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese-owned company headquartered in Beijing. In China, the service is known as Douyin.<\/p>\n

In his letter, Alexander wrote that the OCM hoped to use advertisements on TikTok to educate people in New York about what a legal cannabis marketplace<\/a> will mean to them and how to use the system legally.\u00a0However, the TikTok cannabis ad ban resulted in the service rejecting the ads.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne report indicates 75 percent of TikTok users are between the ages of 18 and 34, a demographic we are attempting to target with our public education campaigns,\u201d the letter states<\/a>. They added that this group also includes parents and caretakers \u201cwho deserve access to the tools we\u2019re providing to help them discuss the risk of cannabis with the youth in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexander also noted that the\u00a0public health education campaign delivers a message on how it is \u201cunsafe and illegal\u201d to drive while impaired by cannabis.<\/p>\n

Social Media and the Cannabis Industry<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As noted by Marijuana Moment, the relationship between social media companies and the cannabis industry and industry regulators has \u201cproven complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

For example, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control has complained about getting \u201cshadow banned\u201d<\/a> by Facebook, with their profile pages not showing up on conventional searches. At one point, Facebook said it would loosen its restrictive cannabis policies, \u201cbut it\u2019s unclear what steps it’s taken to achieve that,\u201d Marijuana Moment reported.<\/p>\n

One big exception is the Amazon-owned video game service, Twitch. It changed its policy to allow users to keep cannabis-related handles on the service. Twitch has 150 million active monthly users.<\/p>\n

Consuming cannabis is allowed on Twitch as long as streamers live where cannabis is legal, according<\/a> to Forbes. Those who use cannabis when it is not legal in their area may face criminal prosecution if reported.<\/p>\n

Forbes added: \u201cHowever, some experts advise streamers not to smoke when streaming in the current Twitch environment as it is still very controversial.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They hope to use TikTok as a way to educate people about the safe use of cannabis products, but under current rules that is not possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1289,707,1288],"yoast_head":"\nNew York Officials Want Removal of TikTok Cannabis Ad Ban<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"They hope to use TikTok as a way to educate people about the safe use of cannabis products, but under current rules that is not possible.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York Officials Want Removal of TikTok Cannabis Ad Ban\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"They hope to use TikTok as a way to educate people about the safe use of cannabis products, but under current rules that is not possible.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dispensaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-24T11:20:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-24T15:23:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dispensariescom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/\",\"name\":\"New York Officials Want Removal of TikTok Cannabis Ad Ban\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-24T11:20:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-24T15:23:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\"},\"description\":\"They hope to use TikTok as a way to educate people about the safe use of cannabis products, but under current rules that is not possible.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/tiktok-cannabis-ad-ban\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New York Officials Want Removal of TikTok Cannabis Ad Ban\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dispensaries Editor\"},\"description\":\"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. 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