RFK Jr thinks government should send ‘addicts’ to tech-free ‘wellness farms’ and grow organic food

Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has said he wants to create tech-free “wellness farms” for those struggling with addiction to “reparent” them away from using both legal and illegal drugs.

The anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist took part in a live recording of the Latino Capitalist podcast during a virtual “Latino Town Hall” last week when he shared his idea for new addiction treatment programs for “addicts” using opiates, but also antidepressants, and ADHD medication.

The independent and former Democrat suggested that the government should send people struggling with addiction for up to three or four years to farms growing organic food.

Kennedy would finance these farms via a sales tax on cannabis products, Mother Jones magazine noted.

“I’m going to dedicate that revenue to creating wellness farms, drug rehabilitation farms, in rural areas all over this country,” Kennedy said during the event. “I’m going to make it so people can go, if you’re convicted of a drug offense, or if you have a drug problem, you can go to one of these places for free.”

He argued that growing organic foods would help people recover from addiction as “a lot of the behavioral issues are food related. A lot of the illnesses are food related.”

That claim, that addiction may be connected to eating non-organic food is not supported by strong scientific evidence. But Kennedy has made similar unsupported claims in the past about pesticides, claiming that eating non-organic food leads to chronic disease, behavioral issues, and autism.

At his proposed wellness farms, cellphones and screens in general would be banned. He has previously claimed that 5G cellphone technology could lead to health issues.

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