Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulSecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill MORE (R-Ky.) on Sunday called out leading GOP White House contender Jeb Bush over his stance on marijuana.

“I think it’s hypocritical that someone who used marijuana as a kid and now has harsh laws over it,” Paul said during an interview with Howard Kurtz on Fox News’s “MediaBuzz.”

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Bush has been open about youthful pot use.

“I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover,” Bush told The Boston Globe in an interview earlier this year, referencing his childhood prep school. “It was pretty common.”

Paul has previously bashed Bush for opposing a Florida medical marijuana ballot initiative last year.

“You would think he’d have a little more understanding then,” he told The Hill. “This is a guy who now admits he smoked marijuana but he wants to put people in jail who do.”

Paul doubled down on his stance Sunday.

The two may face off in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, where the candidates’ stance on marijuana laws are sure to come up.

A growing number of states are taking steps to either legalize weed or reduce the penalties for using or selling it.

The Kentucky senator has been highly critical of heavy prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. He’s also backed an amendment that would protect states with medical marijuana laws from federal prosecution.