Leif Garrett's name was back in the news this week ... "I had a little thing on my hand that I had covered up with a bandana. Anyway, that's what she made a comment on. Nobody was smoking crack ...

Jan. 20, 2006— -- There seemed to be no trace of the golden-haired child star who wore an easy smile on the cover of Tiger Beat in Leif Garrett's mug shot. He was arrested on drug possession ...