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HomemarijuanaAs seen on TV: First pot-related ads now on cable

As seen on TV: First pot-related ads now on cable

Insomniacs watching television in the wee hours of the morning may soon see, tucked between commercials for Snuggies and "Girls Gone Wild" an ad with a shady-looking guy hanging out by a dumpster.

"You want sushi? I got sushi," he says, before eventually pulling raw fish out of his coat.

This isn't a Ginsu knife commercial. It's a commercial promoting access to medical marijuana. For the first time, a cable network is broadcasting a television spot related to pot.

Still from MarijuanaDoctors.com adSource: MarijuanaDoctors.com | YouTube

"You wouldn't buy your sushi from this guy, so why would you buy your marijuana from him?" says the narrator.

The commercial is from MarijuanaDoctors.com, a website that connects patients seeking medical marijuana prescriptions with doctors who will accommodate them.

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Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator and parent company of CNBC, began airing the ads this month on channels in New Jersey and Chicago. Massachusetts will be added next week.

News website The Verge reports that the spots have been seen on Fox, CNN, ESPN, Comedy Central, Discovery and AMC, home of "Breaking Bad."

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