Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, bragged in newly resurfaced social media posts about doing hard drugs while on military leave – adding that he had "no regrets" about his past escapades. Platner, a combat veteran of both the Marine Corps and the Army National Guard, claimed in a 2020 Reddit post made under the handle P-Hustle that he was "partying it up" by using drugs while backpacking through Spain on military leave.In a post made that same year, he admitted to having purchased cocaine. "Street value," Platner wrote in July 2020.
"I always wonder what street you're buying your cocaine on, because it's not the street I'm buying my cocaine on."The Marine Corps prohibits servicemen from using illicit drugs, threatening those who violate its rules with expulsion and criminal prosecution.PLATNER’S ONLINE PAST GETS RAUNCHIER WITH CRUDE TAKES ON ‘LATIN AMERICAN HOOKERS,’ CHEATING ABROADSen.Bernie Sanders and Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner stand together during a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)"Any Marine caught using or selling drugs while attached to the Battalion will be prosecuted under the [Uniform Code of Military Justice] and processed for separation from the Marine Corps," a Marine Corps memo on the topic reads.It is unclear if Platner disclosed his drug use to his superiors.He did, however, admit to using substances while still on the Marine Corps’s payroll."Took two months of terminal, most of it combat leave, so I was making a pretty penny doing just about nothing," he wrote in February 2020.
"Went backpacking through Europe on the government dime, walked the Camino de Santiago, did some drugs and had a blast partying it up in hostels across the continent.Then went home and went to college.""I highly recommend it.
No regrets," he added.Graham Platner, a U.S.Marine and ...