(New York Daily News) ALBANY – Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Sen. Thomas Duane, both Manhattan Democrats, would make it legal for people with serious medical conditions to score limited amounts of marijuana from state-certified distributors or grow it themselves.

The bill has passed the Assembly but gone up in smoke in the Senate, where it is unlikely to win approval anytime soon.

[Marijuana Policy Project] is running the ads on WNBC-TV and local cable stations, hoping to woo key senators. The ads are also running upstate.

[New York City's] ABC, CBS and Fox affiliates harshed the group’s buzz by declining to run the ads, [MPP communication's director Bruce] Mirken added.

Well, these must have been some pretty controversial ads, right?  Were there pot leaves flying all around as a cartoon dog and cartoon infant sing the praises of a “Bag of Weed”, as the New York City Fox affiliate showed when they aired the “Family Guy 420″ episode?  Did it feature a teenager smoking pot as the New York City ABC affiliate showed when they aired an episode of Desperate Housewives?  Was there an island dedicated to growing huge fields of marijuana as the New York City CBS affiliate showed when they aired an episode of Numb3rs?

Let’s take a look at these crazy hippie pothead dope smokin’ counterculture offensive advertisements, shall we?

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