(WATCH) Louisiana Senate Candidate Smokes Marijuana In Campaign Ad (VIDEO)

Gary Chambers, a US Senate candidate in Louisiana posted a campaign advertisement in which he is seen smoking marijuana. He announced his candidacy in the video posted on Tuesday. In the video, Chambers can be seen smoking marijuana while sitting outside on a leather armchair.

In the video Chambers says, “every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana. Since 2010, state and local police have arrested an estimated 7.3 million Americans for violating marijuana laws – over half of all drug arrests.”

He continued, “black people are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana laws than white people. States waste 3.7 billion dollars enforcing marijuana laws every year. Most of the people police are arrested aren’t dealers, but rather people with small amounts of pot. Just like me.”

In recent years, marijuana legalization has emerged as a popular campaign issue for politicians from both political parties.

In 2020, the topic received renewed attention after U.S. Olympic champion Sha’Carri Richardson was told she would not be able to compete in the 100-meter race after testing positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana, at the Olympic trials – which voided her first-place win.

Even while President Biden has not publicly stated his support for the legalization of marijuana on a federal level, he has stated that he favors decriminalizing the possession of the substance.

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