Jesse Ventura Biography
- Title:
- Former Governor of Minnesota
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
-
“Medical Marijuana? I fully support it, absolutely. Who is government to tell someone if they have AIDS or cancer, what they should be taking? To me, you’ve got a kid here with cancer, I don’t give a damn if he smokes a joint.”
Response to a question from a student at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, Apr. 4, 2001
- Involvement and Affiliations:
-
- Advisory Board Member, Operation Truth (a nonprofit organization set up to give voice to troops who served in Iraq)
- Board of Advisors, Make a Wish of Minnesota
- Volunteer Football Coach, Park High School, Champlin, MN
- Member, Screen Actors Guild
- Member, American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers
- Visiting Fellow, Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics, 2004
- TV Host, Jesse Ventura’s America, MSNBC, 2003
- Governor of Minnesota, 1999-2003
- Radio Host, 1995-1998
- Mayor of Brooklyn Park, MN, 1991-1995
- Actor (appeared in the films Predator, Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, The Running Man, Demolition Man, Repossessed, Batman & Robin, and The Ringer), 1987-2005
- Wrestling Commentator, 1985-1995
- Professional Wrestler (stopped wrestling due to blood clots in his lungs, which he claims were as a result of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam), 1973-1984
- Recipient, Vietnam Service Ribbon
- Recipient, National Defense Ribbon
- Education:
-
- North Hennepin Community College, 1973
- Other:
-
- Fomerly known as James George Janos
- Claims he now spends much of his time surfing near his home in Baja California, Mexico