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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRFK Jr.: "I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class."
"I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly I could sit still and I could read."
"I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly I could sit still and I could read."
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-09-05T11:45:54.325Z
Weâre not doctors but it kinda seem like this shouldâve been disqualifying ð¤·ð»ââï¸
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RFK Jr.: "I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class." (Original Post)
demmiblue
Yesterday
OP
After getting on heroin, he probably was the highest in his class, but not in a good way.
John1956PA
Yesterday
#1
That's my take. If you get a communicable disease because you weren't vaxxed,
allegorical oracle
23 hrs ago
#5
Yes, indeed. Everyone knows that being a heroin addict is good for your health.
MineralMan
22 hrs ago
#6
John1956PA
(4,408 posts)1. After getting on heroin, he probably was the highest in his class, but not in a good way.
vanlassie
(6,089 posts)2. What is his purpose for telling this story?
That he benefited from a medication is what it sounds like WTF?
surfered
(8,948 posts)3. So will the CDC now recommend heroin?
allegorical oracle
(5,658 posts)5. That's my take. If you get a communicable disease because you weren't vaxxed,
give heroin a go. Of course, if you survive, you will never make sense again -- like RFK, Jr.
spooky3
(37,821 posts)4. I'll bet. Just like TSF was at the top of his class at Penn.
Lets see the transcripts. And Harvard has long been notorious for giving lots of As.
MineralMan
(149,705 posts)6. Yes, indeed. Everyone knows that being a heroin addict is good for your health.
Yup...you betcha. Bobby...