Senate Candidate Smokes A Blunt While Blasting Marijuana Arrests In Fi

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : An upstart U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana challenging a Republican incumbent is making the decriminalization of marijuana a central part of his platform in his first campaign ad.
51% : To 'Free the Weed'2022 midterm elections , campaign ad , Gary Chambers , Louisiana , marijuana , Newsletter , The Black Ballot , U.S. Senate
46% : "Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana," Chambers says in the ad with a voiceover that shows him sitting in a chair and lighting up what appears to be a blunt -- marijuana rolled in cigar paper. "
43% : the Advocate reported that Chambers, who is based in Baton Rouge, filmed his ad in New Orleans "where the City Council recently passed an ordinance instructing police not to arrest or even cite people for small amounts of marijuana."

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