Troubled political offspring Al Gore III was arrested early Wednesday morning for doing 100 MPH on a California highway in an environmentally friendly hybrid Toyota Prius. Oh, and he was also charged with having some green bud on him (again!) as well as five other perscription drugs that he has no perscription for. The former Vice President's son was tooling down the San Diego Freeway at 2:15 am when he was stopped by cops.
Cops say they smelled pot and searched the car. They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with the anti-anxiety drugs Xanax, Soma and Valium; pain medication Vicodin; and Adderall, which is used to treat attention-deficit disorder.
"He does not have a prescription for any of those drugs," a police spokesperson said, “and that’s what makes it illegal.”
Gore was released from the men's central jail in Santa Ana on 12 hours later, on Wednesday afternoon, after his sister Sarah posted cash bail of $20,000.
The 24-year-old has a history of driving violations. In 2000, North Carolina police officers clocked him driving at 97 MPH in a 55 zone and charged him with reckless driving.
In 2002, military police in Virginia cited him for driving under the influence. And in 2003, police officers in Maryland stopped him for driving without headlights and found marijuana in his car. He was later treated in a rehabilitation program.
