Sen. Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerThe movement to reform animal agriculture has reached a tipping point Watchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump 3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing MORE (D-N.J.) hit former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE over his recent remarks that he won’t legalize marijuana.

“I thought you might have been high when you said it,” Booker said during Wednesday’s debate to laughs from the audience.

“Marijuana in our country is already legal for privileged people,” Booker continued, adding that the war on drugs has been a war on black and brown Americans.

Booker added that this is one of the issues Democrats will need to address in order to win in 2020.

Sen. Booker on fmr. VP Biden's recent comments on the legalization of marijuana: "I thought you might have been high when you said it" #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/dQf55njB66 — MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 21, 2019

He also said that no candidate needs a focus group to know that black voters are “pissed off.”

“I have a lifetime of experience with black voters. I’ve been one since I was 18,” Booker said about understanding African American voters.

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Biden pushed back, saying that he believes “we should decriminalize” marijuana and adding that anyone with a marijuana-related record should be let out of jail and have their record expunged.

However, he also doubled down on his position that there needs to be continued research on the “long-term effects” of marijuana use.

And he defended his record with African American voters.

“I come out of the black community in terms of support,” Biden said.

Biden said he would not legalize marijuana during a recent town hall in Las Vegas. He said there is not “enough evidence” as to “whether or not it is a gateway drug.”