Washington (CNN) Sen. Kamala Harris, a former California attorney general, said Monday she has smoked marijuana and supports the legalization of the drug.

In the interview, given to the New York-based radio show "The Breakfast Club," co-host Charlamagne Tha God asks Harris if she has ever smoked.

"I have. And I inhaled -- I did inhale. It was a long time ago. But, yes," the California Democrat replies, invoking former President Bill Clinton's famous "didn't inhale" remark he made during his 1992 presidential run.

Harris, laughing as she realized the attention that her admission might draw, said that she tried pot in college and noted that it was in the form of a joint.

"I just broke news," she said.

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