Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, and his plans for the agency could make Elon Musk’s budget-cutting spree look small in comparison.

Kennedy Jr. said cannabis needs to be closely studied in order to shape public health policies. In an interview on Fox News on Thursday night, Kennedy said cannabis’ widespread legalization and decriminalization at the state level offers an opportunity to look at its effects and make comparisons.

Virtually no previous health secretary nominee in recent memory has gone through such lengths to claim that they would not interfere with the basics of key public health programs in unprecedented ways.

Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as the nation's next health secretary Thursday, his first order of business will be to investigate America's problem with chronic illnesses. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News earlier that President Donald Trump would sign an executive order creating a "Make America Health Again" commission and direct Kennedy "to investigate this chronic crisis plaguing our country and the minds and the bodies of the American people.