Hardly anyone thinks candidates’ high school drug use is a reason not to vote for them, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll.
A Boston Globe profile of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) last week focused on the “notable amount of pot” he smoked while attending Phillips Academy. A spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also said that the senator had “foolishly experimented with marijuana” as a teen.
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