Aaron Sorkin’s Drug Arrest
In 2001, Aaron Sorkin was arrested at the Burbank airport in California after he was found with a carry-on bag containing marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and crack cocaine. A metal crack pipe had set off the gate’s metal detector. Sorkin was ordered to a drug diversion program but continued working on the show. Following the incident, Sorkin and the executive producer had a meeting with the cast and crew. “I told them what happened and that I was guilty and I apologized for embarrassing the show,” he explained to the Hollywood Reporter. “They seemed more concerned with my health than with unwanted attention, but that didn’t surprise me.”
