Eric Smith was a member of his high school's "Potsmokers Club."

Smith, who is now a Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction, listed the club as one of his activities on his MySpace profile.

Smith promoted his campaign on the profile, but he recently changed its privacy settings to allow it to be viewed only by his friends. (An archived version is below.)

"There was a group of us that rode skateboards, and that's what we called ourselves," Smith said.

Asked if the group actually smoked marijuana, Smith said he doesn't think that is relevant to his campaign for the state's top school officer.

He added that he thinks several other former group members also list the club on their MySpace pages, though he acknowledged that none of them are candidates for public office.