Facebook Bans Its Marijuana Selling Pages In the US

The world's biggest social media platform, Facebook, has banned medical marijuana selling pages in the US state of New Jersey. It's noteworthy that the sale of marijuana in the US is legal for medical purposes, but in the recent move, Facebook has deactivated all marijuana pages that offers its sell to the medically registered patients of the New Jersey.

According to a media report by Digital Trends, one of the 5,668 registered patients for medical marijuana programme in New Jersey, Peter Rosenfeld said, "It seems high-handed to simply shut down important resources for sick patients without even saying why or giving organisations a way to ask for reconsideration". He further added, "What better use of a social media than having sites where parents of sick children can ask questions about medication and treatments".

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But according to the social media giant, Facebook, the main reason for blocking these medical marijuana selling pages is that they do not follow the Facebook community terms and standards. The community standards page of Facebook contains guidelines against drug sales, but the page says nothing with regard to authorised drug vendors, which these dispensaries are. This is not the first time Facebook has banned a page in violation of its standards. The social networking site previously came under fire for its stance on mastectomy tattoos, which were claimed to violate nudity guidelines. However, Facebook stance on that issue was quickly reverted because of mass-scale opposition.

Alex Zaleski, founder of Breakwater Wellness and Treatment Centre in Cranbury, said that both he and other officials associated with New Jersey dispensaries are looking into the matter and hope to resolve it in the patients favor as soon as possible.