Kennedy Jr. once claimed that using narcotics made him do better in school. In the midst of his presidential campaign, the independent candidate discussed his history of drug use and addiction during a July appearance on the “Shawn Ryan Show” podcast.

In a recently resurfaced interview, former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bragged that doing drugs helped him academically.

Before dropping his failed presidential bid, Trump’s pick to oversee U.S. health policy described how narcotics helped him overcome his attention deficit problems.

The 70-year-old, whose confirmation would mark the first Kennedy in a presidential cabinet since his father served as attorney general under John F Kennedy, got real about a dark chapter in his past—his heroin addiction. But he says the drug helped him ace school — at least temporarily.