Billboard for breakfast burrito stokes marijuana debate

A well-placed roadside billboard is getting attention for its marketing of a breakfast burrito.

“Usually when you roll something this good, it’s illegal,” the McDonald’s billboard, advertising a bueno green chili breakfast burrito, reads.

The placement of the billboard, along the New Mexico-Colorado border, can’t be overlooked.

While marijuana is legal in Colorado, it is not in New Mexico.

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