US Senate candidate from Louisiana smokes pot in new ad

Democratic U.S. Senate campaigner Gary Chambers Jr. tin beryllium seen smoking marijuana successful his archetypal run ad.

The 37-second advertisement offers statistic astir marijuana arrests and the disproportionate interaction connected radical of color.

"I anticipation this advertisement works to not lone destigmatize the usage of marijuana, but besides forces a caller speech that creates the pathway to legalize this beneficial drug, and forgive those who were arrested owed to outdated ideology," Chambers said successful a tweet that accompanied the video.

Smokable aesculapian marijuana became ineligible successful Louisiana astatine the opening of the year. However, recreational marijuana is illegal.

Despite being amerciable astatine the national level arsenic well, astir 20 states and Washington, D.C. let radical to fume marijuana for recreational purposes.

Chambers and chap Democrat Luke Mixon are trying to triumph the spot that is presently held by Republican Sen. John Kennedy.