LSU law school head quits over marijuana bust

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuter) The chancellor of Louisiana State University's
law school has resigned after details were made public of his arrest for
marijuana possession.

In a letter posted Wednesday on the law school bulletin board, Winston Day
announced his resignation and detailed his Jan. 5, 1996, airport arrest by
U.S. Customs agents in Atlanta after a drug dog found 1.3 ounces of
marijuana.

Day, 51, was named chancellor in 1989. He had avoided prosecution by agreeing
to enter a federal program that assigned him to community service and medical
supervision.

Day said he bought the marijuana in a bar in Amsterdam and intended to try it
later to relieve chronic insomnia. In his letter, he said he learned his
secret would be made public when the got a call from the Fulton County Daily
Report, a law journal, asking for a photograph.