Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that using heroin as a student improved his grades in a resurfaced clip that has been circulating on social media.
Kennedy appeared on an episode of the Shawn Ryan Show during his presidential campaign in July, where he recalled his history of addiction and his eventual heroin use. During the podcast interview, the Democrat-turned-independent — who has been nominated to oversee public health programs in President-elect Donald Trump‘s cabinet — claimed that using drugs bolstered his academic performance.
“I did very, very poorly in school, until I started doing narcotics,” Kennedy, 70, said on the podcast. “Then I went to the top of my class because my mind was so restless and turbulent and I could not sit still.”
“It worked for me,” he continued of his heroin use. “And if it still worked, I’d still be doing it.”
