US Senate candidate smokes cannabis in campaign ad in push for legalisation

The Independent · The Independent · last updated January 18, 2022 – 9:19 AM

A US Senate candidate has gone viral after he shared a campaign video on Twitter in which he smokes marijuana. Shared to his personal social media pages, the video titled ‘37 seconds’ shows Mr Chambers Jr smoking. This isn’t the first time Mr Chambers Jr has run for office. He then endorsed state Senator Karen Carter Peterson of New Orleans, who lost the runoff to Troy Carter. That was Mr Chambers Jr’s second failed attempt to win office.

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