BREAKING NEWS – New Orleans, Louisiana – When it comes to drug legalization, one candidate is definitely not just blowing smoke.

Gary Chambers is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate representing Louisiana, and posted a video to YouTube on Tuesday announcing his campaign. In the video, Chambers is shown smoking marijuana in an outdoor leather armchair.

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

Chambers’ critics accused him of pandering to drug users, because last week he was seen at a rally injecting a needle in his arm in front of some dazed spaced out citizens, trying to secure the heroine addict vote.