Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak says he smoked his share of pot in high school, but it left him depressed

When you think of words to describe R.T. Rybak, “depressed” certainly wouldn’t be anywhere near the top of the list. But in a wide-ranging interview with Mpls St. Paul Magazine’s Steve Marsh, the soon-to-be former mayor says that’s how smoking a bunch of pot made him feel during his days at Breck High School. What got him out of his ganja-induced funk? Fittingly, the ebullient R.T. says it was his first political campaign.
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