Story highlights Paul said Bush avoided jail because he was "rich," "elite" and went to a "very special school"

Paul made a similar attack in the debate Wednesday night, which Bush refuted

Washington (CNN) Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul continued to hit former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday for admitting to smoking marijuana in high school -- saying his "hypocrisy" is an example of why drug laws need changing in U.S.

Bush admitted in previous interviews and again during Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate smoking marijuana while attending the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

"He didn't go to jail," Paul told students at the University of Nevada-Reno on Thursday. "Why? Because he was rich, and he was elite, and he was going to a very special school."

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Paul said he didn't begrudge Bush's education, but said that Bush supports policies that disproportionately result in minority and lower-income young people going to jail for lengthy sentences.

"What I do have a problem with is he still wants to put kids in jail for marijuana," Paul said. "What I was upset with Jeb Bush was his hypocrisy."

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