Before a single seed has been legally sown, a cannabis producer and dispensary operator is launching the state’s first-ever marijuana marketing campaign. Its purpose: to alert Pennsylvanians to the medical marijuana program and get them thinking about it.
Cresco Yeltrah was among 12 growers selected in June by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The company, which is partnered with Illinois-based Cresco Labs LLC, will cultivate and process marijuana in Brookville, about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. It is also set to open dispensaries in Butler and Pittsburgh.
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The company will spend nearly $500,000 on its outreach effort, said Cresco Labs CEO Charlie Bachtell. The money will pay for billboards, newspaper and magazine ads, and a social-media blitz.
The first phase of the campaign includes a set of three images. In one, a woman sits in a lotus position on a Pennsylvania shaped-yoga mat: “Welcome to a State of Relief,” the text reads. A second features a waffle in the shape of the Keystone State on a plate: “Medical cannabis offers a new way for Pennsylvania residents to seek relief from symptoms of 17 serious medical conditions, like cancer.”
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