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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Sept 18, 2006 16:57:05 GMT -5
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson and several fellow musicians were charged with misdemeanor drug possession by Louisiana police after a search of their tour bus on Monday turned up marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
State police spokesman Willie Williams said the bus was stopped early on Monday morning about 7 miles east of Lafayette, Louisiana, for a routine commercial inspection, and a state trooper smelled marijuana inside the bus.
State Police seized about 1-1/2 pounds (0.7 kg) of marijuana and two-tenths of a pound (91 grams) of mushrooms from the bus, Williams said.
Nelson and four other passengers on the bus were cited for possession and released, while the driver had his commercial driving privileges suspended in addition to being cited for possession. Nelson faces possible jail time of up to six months and an unspecified fine, police said.
"There was no trouble whatsoever," Williams said. "They were all cooperative."
A spokesman for Nelson said she had no information about the arrest.
Nelson, 73, has been an advocate for the legalization of marijuana. He became famous in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement that included influences from rock, jazz and folk music.
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Post by MrAce on Sept 18, 2006 18:03:34 GMT -5
Pulling over Willie's tour bus is probably routine everywhere he goes.
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Post by Scott on Sept 18, 2006 21:13:10 GMT -5
Willie Nelson gets high? "There was no trouble whatsoever," Williams said. "They were all cooperative."Of course they were cooperative...they were stoned! And let me get this straight...1 1/2 pounds of pot and 91 grams of shrooms is a MISDEMEANOR in Louisiana?
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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Sept 18, 2006 22:10:27 GMT -5
Willie Nelson gets high? Y "There was no trouble whatsoever," Williams said. "They were all cooperative."Of course they were cooperative...they were stoned! And let me get this straight...1 1/2 pounds of pot and 91 grams of shrooms is a MISDEMEANOR in Louisiana? Y Yeah, I'll bet if it was some long haired ROCKER that got busted with 1 1/2 pounds of pot and a little over 3 ounces of 'shrooms they'd be facing working on a chain gang, but with Willie...well, I'll bet they even asked him for his autograph before citing him...not that anyone should be busted for that Sh*t anyway, but it looks like there was some preferential treatment going on in this case
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