SMOKIN' IN THE BOARD ROOM

You knew him as Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Now, allow us to introduce a
new incarnation of the former wrestling champ and Minnesota governor:
Jesse "The Doobie" Ventura.

Ventura is one of five public figures recently named to the advisory
board of the Marijuana Policy Project, which claims to be America's
largest marijuana policy reform organization, with more than 15,000
members and 70,000 e-mail subscribers.

Other members of the MPP's board now include comedian Bill Maher,
former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former New Mexico
Gov. Gary Johnson (R) and singer-actor Michelle Phillips. The
organization reports that Phillips, who first became famous as a
member of the 1960s singing group the Mamas and the Papas, recently
sent a letter to her colleagues in the entertainment biz, stating in
part that "arresting adult marijuana users does nothing to keep
marijuana out of the hands of children, but arresting adults does tear
families apart and ruin careers."

Before we take Phillips word for it, we'll wait and see what joining
the advisory board of a pro-marijuana organization does for her career.