Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)—who joined Booker in sponsoring the
CARERS Act, which would legalize medical marijuana in states that allow it—presumably had something similar in mind when he
charged former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with hypocrisy after the fellow presidential contender
admitted that "I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover," calling it "pretty common." Here is how Paul
responded in an interview with
The Hill:
"You would think he'd have a little more understanding then....He was even opposed to medical marijuana. This is a guy who now admits he smoked marijuana, but he wants to put people in jail who do.
I think that's the real hypocrisy, is that people on our side, which include a lot of people who made mistakes growing up, admit their mistakes but now still want to put people in jail for that. Had he been caught at Andover, he'd have never been governor, he'd probably never have a chance to run for the presidency."