Despite smoking marijuana while streaming, Snoop Dogg's videos are not taken down

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Twitch’s terms of service and community guidelines Twitch become the basis for how a streamer behaves, but these rules often cause confusion, especially from the narcotics side.

This case started after the stream by Snoop Dogg yesterday on Twitch, at that time he was promoting a game called SOS, the game is still in the Early Access stage. Snoop Dogg smoking marijuana while playing the video game. So far, the video has not been taken down by Twitch itself.

According to the rules Twtich each player must “obey all local, national and international laws when using” Twitch. Any content or activity that displays, supports, or socializes illegal activities then it is not allowed Twitch also said that “activities that endanger your life are also not allowed. This also includes death threats, intentionally physical trauma, illegal drug use, and excessive drinking.”

Owned stream Snoop Dogg Of course it can be taken down according to the rules Twitch, because there was no concrete evidence of medical use of marijuana during the stream. But it turns out that California recently legalized the use of marijuana on January 1, 2018, so it’s likely Snoop Dogg buying marijuana is legal and local law does not prohibit it. The law that legalized the use of marijuana as entertainment was enacted on November 8, 2016, but for its legal sale it was only set on January 1, 2018.

Still even though there seems to be a rift in the case Snoop dogg, marijuana use while streaming remains a hot topic of discussion, A Redditor gets a message from Twitch regarding the marijuana case.

We do not support the use of marijuana when using our services. If smoking marijuana violates your local laws, causes harm to yourself, or to viewers, the activity is strictly prohibited by us.
If the streamer does this activity (smoking marijuana), “Mature Content Warning” must be activated.

Quote from Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg’s Twitch signoff. pic.twitter.com/x2mGwT8adl
— Jeffrey Grubb (@JeffGrubb) 23 January 2018

One of the representatives Twitch themselves have confirmed to Polygon.com of this, “because laws vary by country, state and so on, we expect streamers to follow local laws.”