skippy the bush kangaroo: an inconvenient bust

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

an inconvenient bust

al gore's son was stopped for speeding in orange county, cal, and marijuana was found in his hybrid car. reuters:

the 24-year-old son of former vice president al gore was arrested for drug possession on wednesday after he was stopped for allegedly speeding in his hybrid toyota prius, a sheriff's official said.

al gore iii -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of los angeles when he was pulled over by an orange county sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.

a subsequent search yielded a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including valium, xanax, vicodin and adderall, said sheriff's spokesman jim amormino. there were no prescriptions found, he said.

gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the inmate reception center in santa ana, about 34 miles south of los angeles, on $20,000 bail, he said.

maybe he can get the name of a good rehab outfit from noelle bush.

Labels: drug war, gore