The Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s largest pro-marijuana legalization advocacy group, advertised marijuana as the “new beer” during the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend.

The group showed a 30-second ad 72 times throughout the weekend promoting the legalization of marijuana for more than 150,000 people at the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race.

According to USA Today, the ad said that pot has “no calories, no hangovers” and “it’s not linked to violence or reckless behavior.” The ad also showed four middle-aged, good-looking people laughing with the headline “Marijuana: Less harmful than alcohol and time to treat it that way.”

The company is clever in their approach but awful in their follow-through. Sure, marijuana might be healthier than beer, but what health benefits are found in beer? The company just stated that beer makes people fat, can cause people to get hangovers and can make people violent and reckless. Yet, they compare marijuana to the substance they just ridiculed?

Not only do I disagree with the marketing tactics of the company but I also do not appreciate them insulting my intelligence. Do they think I will go buy some pot right after I read their ad, and not question the fact that marijuana is illegal in the majority of the United States or that it can lead to impaired brain development?

I believe in moderation and that anything in copious amounts is dangerous. I would rather not be a slave to any substance or drug and, marijuana can be addictive according to abovetheinfluence.com. The website also reports on the many respiratory problems marijuana can cause.

So, maybe marijuana does not cause hangovers but beer does not cause acute chest illness or infections.

Whitehouse.gov reports that “Marijuana and other illicit drugs are addictive and unsafe especially for use by young people.”

The next ad the company should advertise is how marijuana is healthier than doing meth or cocaine. I think they would get even more support. I mean if they are going to make irrational statements they might as well go all the way.