Pro-Marijuana Commercial Set To Air At NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 — Is Pot The New Beer?

The Marijuana Policy Project is set to air a commercial on the big screen at NASCAR's Brickyard 400 this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The video is a bit of a beer commercial spoof, pointing out that marijuana is much safer than alcohol.  The spot characterizes pot as the "new beer" with "no calories, no hangovers and no violence" associated with its use.

The commercial's tagline is "Marijuana, less harmful than alcohol and time to treat it that way."

"This makes sense to me.  Any time I've ever had a regrettable hook up or parking lot fight with a total stranger, alcohol was definitely involved.  Steve The Web Guy didn't get his teeth blown out by a sidewalk because he was smoking pot, that happened because he was too drunk to walk."  - Shaffee