These days, you can't be considered a valid Democratic presidential candidate unless you have a progressive stance on weed. The most glaring sign that Beto O'Rourke would announce his intent to be President of the United States, before he officially announced it last week, was his decision to call for the nationwide legalization of marijuana. That put him in step with Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and other candidates, none of whom want marijuana to be the political issue that sends their campaign up in smoke. Times are changing. Weed is old news. It's about as fresh as Bernie Sanders' haircut.

Psychedelics, however, aren't old news. And this weekend, O'Rourke said on the campaign trail, while signing a skateboard, that he has never done LSD, according to U.S. News and World Report. That tidbit was immediately covered by multiple outlets—along with reports that O'Rourke used to pen violent fiction online under the username "Psychedelic Warlord" when he was a teen. LSD and whether someone has or has not done it doesn't matter a wit right now, and if it becomes a defining issue in the 2020 election, that would be a real shocker. But somewhere down the line, there's a chance it could get the recognition weed is getting right now.