Thomas McDermott – A Friend of Cannabis, Senate Hopeful?
Is US Senate candidate Thomas McDermott Jr. a friend of cannabis? In honor of April 20, the politician released a new video ad yesterday in which he smokes cannabis.
Thomas McDermott is the Democratic contender who will face Republican Senator Todd Young on November 8th. The 56-year-old has been vocal in support of cannabis legalization. However, this is the first time a would-be US Senator has smoked weed like this on camera.
Politicians as friends of cannabis?
Thomas McDermott is an attorney and mayor of Hammond, a suburb of Chicago. He posted the now viral video on Twitter. In it, the friend of cannabis sits in a backyard in Illinois, “a mile from the Indiana state line,” where cannabis is legal. McDermott talks to a couple of lawyers, a doctor, and a distiller about the benefits of legal cannabis.
“Here is the bottom line. We need to legalize marijuana at the federal level,” McDermott says in the video. “We must also legalize cannabis in Indiana so that Hoosiers can reap the health and economic benefits of cannabis.”
“I thought a lot about starting this video where I light up. It’s a personal and important issue for me and so many,” McDermott says in the video.
The Friend of Cannabis says most political figures would not even admit to smoking cannabis. Let alone in front of the camera. “I’m not most Senate candidates,” says McDermott.
Hemp in Indiana
Thomas McDermott released the video on the same day (April 20) as the state’s Democratic Party launched a legalization campaign. Indiana’s state-level party poses as pro-cannabis despite never having been legalized before. Indiana does not permit medicinal or recreational use of cannabis. CBD was only legalized for epilepsy patients in 2017 (a year later it was legalized for everyone).
Indiana is also the birthplace of the Church of Cannabis. In 2015, the church sued the state government for violations of religious freedom.
Thomas McDermott meets Republican Senator Todd Young on November 8th.
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