Louisiana Senate Candidate Gary Chambers Smokes Blunt in Campaign Video

Louisiana Senate candidate Gary Chambers, released the video on YouTube entitled “37 Seconds” to sum up the problems with the War on Drugs and the need for social justice now—all while sitting in a chair smoking a blunt. “Black people are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana laws than white people. Chambers announced his run for U.S. Senate on January 12, citing the need for change. “I’m running for the U.S. Senate because Louisiana continues to be ranked last in the nation. Gary Chambers Jr. YouTubeChambers’ video is a brief but bold display of the reality of cannabis in a modern age, and the drawbacks that the stigma still perpetuates.