Both major candidates for governor of Indiana have acknowledged smoking marijuana decades ago in their youth.

But Republican Mitch Daniels has been less than forthcoming about his <b>drug arrest</b> in 1970 while a student at Princeton University.

Daniels has acknowledged that he pleaded guilty to a marijuana possession charge 34 years ago, and his campaign accused Kernan's campaign and its supporters of dredging up the arrest in a "pathetic, personal attack."

According to initial newspaper accounts, Daniels, 21 at the time, and two others were arrested in a Princeton dorm room on May 14, 1970, after a five-month investigation that also led to other arrests.

Those accounts had Daniels and the other two in the room being charged with possession of marijuana, LSD and other drugs, and maintaining a common nuisance--allowing the sale or use of drugs.

Daniels eventually pleaded guilty to a disorderly person charge stemming from his use of marijuana. He was fined $350.