text: No need to call the cops, the three men caught on camera smoking marijuana in an entertaining new video are actually former police offers themselves - and, of course, the substance that they're lighting up is completely legal. Recorded in the state of Washington, where recreational use of marijuana was legalized in July of last year, the video, created by YouTube channel Cut, sees each of the three ex-cops taking hits from a bong, before offering their thoughts, both funny and thoughtful, on the controversial substance. 'It's like the last piece of prohibition,' says Robert, 73, who worked as a police officer from 1970 to 1986 before performing criminal justice training for another decade. 'I think it should be legal [and] I think it should be more widely available for medical reasons.' Scroll down for video . Doobie discussions: Former police officers Rene, left, Robert, center, and David, right, discuss marijuana while smoking from a bong in a new video produced by Cut . Released on April 20, which is affectionately referred to as 420, a day widely regarded by marijuana users as the national day for getting high, the video shows the three men smoking several times over the course of a few hours while discussing the drug, eating snacks, and playing games, including crude card game Cards Against Humanity. 'I tried it once and I tell you, I was on a waterbed with a very agreeable woman and listening to Rhapsody in Blue, which I know lasts for about 18 minutes and 40 seconds, and it lasted for, oh hell, two or three hours,' says Robert. David, who served as a reserve police officer from 1997 to 2004, says he smoked for the first time at the age 14, but stopped for a while afterward because he got caught. 'The last time I smoked was probably in 1968 when I was in college,' says Rene, 67, who was on the force from 1970 to 1997. Celebrating 420: The video was released on April 20, which is regarded by many smokers as the national day to get high . They've got the munchies: The three ex-cops snacked on chips and cookies while they smoked and talked for several hours . In between bong hits and self-administered field sobriety tests, the trio debates the dangers and benefits of using marijuana. Rene says that one argument for legalizing the drug is knowing what you're getting when you buy it; he explains that when people get it on the street, they don't always know what their marijuana has been cut with. Sometimes it can be mixed with more dangerous substances. While they disagree on whether it's a gateway drug - Robert notes that every heroin addict started out drinking milk, implying that it's difficult to link the use of one product to another - they all seem to agree that legal repercussions for using marijuana do more harm than good. 'It costs more to put someone in prison than it does to send someone to Harvard,' says Robert, suggesting that sending people to prison for marijuana possession or distribution is a wasteful drain on society. 'As far as I can remember, I never arrested anyone for it, but I took a lot of pot away from people and threw it away in front of them,' says Rene, adding that he thought that his personal punishment was a bigger deterrent than writing them a citation. Pot partakers: Rene, left, says he never wrote a criminal citation to someone with marijuana, but would throw out their drugs in front of them; while he served, it was illegal in every state . Special cause: The video links to Shona Banda's GoFundMe page, which is raising money for the Kansas mother's legal defense; her 11-year-old son was taken away from her for discussing medical marijuana . At one point, the interviewer tells the former officers that some people report feeling sexually aroused when they smoke. 'I'm 73 years old, I don't know what the hell you're talking about!' answers Robert. 'It's been so long since I've made love, I can't remember who ties up whom!' While the ex-cops' cracks are certainly meant to elicit laughs, the video also aims to promote the GoFundMe page of activist Shona Banda. The Kansas mother's 11-year-old son was taken away from her late last month when, during a drug discussion at his school, he extolled the benefits of medical  marijuana. Shona, who used cannabis oil to treat her Crohn’s disease, is now raising money for her legal fees.
target: The video was filmed in the state of Washington, where recreational use of marijuana was legalized in July of last year .
  Each of the three police officers admitted to trying the controversial drug in the past .