Looking for another chink in the armor used in the war on drugs? Here’s one: marijuana sales are enjoying a boost thanks to legalization in several states. Not only are annual legal sales near $4.5 billion, Americans are apparently purchasing marijuana more than other modes of entertainment, such as $15 movie tickets and hard liquor. Lee Camp shares the good news while noting that the world could be a much better place if more of our political leaders took the time to take a toke.

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Lee Camp is the host and head writer of the popular comedy news TV show Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp on RT America. The show also features correspondents John F. O’Donnell, Carlos Delgado, Naomi Karavani, and Phillip Chang. Salon.com said, "The finest TV satire thus far this election season has come from the Nightly Show and Lee Camp on Redacted Tonight." The show has also won a 2016 Telly Award for their live stand-up comedy special in New York City. George Carlin's daughter Kelly said Camp was one of only a handful keeping her father's torch lit. Camp is a former writer for The Onion and for Huffington Post Comedy. He created and starred in the viral YouTube show Moment of Clarity that was seen by millions, and he's performed stand-up comedy in a dozen countries and every state in the US. He has also been featured on Comedy Central, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, MTV, FOX & Showtime. Many know him from the viral clip of him on Fox News calling a “parade of propaganda and a festival of ignorance.”

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