`WEST WING' CREATOR ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGE

LOS ANGELES -- Aaron Sorkin, the Emmy-winning creator and executive
producer of NBC's ``The West Wing,'' was arrested on a drug possession
charge Sunday at Burbank Airport, authorities said Monday.

Sorkin, 40, was taken into custody by airport police after security
personnel found a quantity of hallucinogenic mushrooms in his carry-on
baggage, airport spokesman Victor Gill said.

Gill said Sorkin was released three hours later after a $10,000 bail bond
was posted.

Sorkin is the creator of ``The West Wing,'' the NBC White House drama now
in its second season that won an Emmy Award in September for best drama series.