Pro-pot ads on Washington buses
The legalize-pot advocacy group Change the Climate recently ran an ad campaign promoting marijuana's sex-enhancing properties on Washington DC buses and bus stop shelters. The ads are pretty cheesy and amateurish; that photo looks like a cross between a bad romance novel cover and a cruiseline commercial. These folks could take some marketing lessons from PETA.
The organization's information page acknowledges that sex and pot don't mix well for everyone.
Clearly, marijuana use during sex varies depending on the individual and intoxication levels. For example, some people report an increase in tactile sensation, visual stimulation, and fantasy production. While others report that marijuana decreased their interest in sex, especially when the marijuana high overwhelmed the sexual experience.
Conservatives are pissed on several levels: that Washington's transit authority accepted ads that "promote illegal behavior [and] violate standards of common decency," and that Change the Climate got the ad space free (the transit authority provides free space for public service announcements by non-profit organizations). The fiscal argument against the free PSA policy is legitimate, if selling that ad space instead could offset taxpayer funding for public transit. But as long as the Metro has the free PSA policy, demanding that they only accept ads for causes I support is not legitimate. (Link snagged from Flutterby.)
