Thursday, September 21, 2006
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Willie Nelson's stash
When Willie Nelson's bus was searched on Monday in Breaux Bridge, LA on Interstate 10, a "routine traffic stop" turned into a drug bust. Louisiana state troopers found more than a pound and a half of marijuana (0.7 kg) and more than three ounces (91 grams) of psilocibin mushrooms. See photo above
The 73-year-old Nelson's was traveling west after performing at the Hank Williams tribute concert in Montgomery, AL on what would have been Williams' 85th birthday. The day before he headlined the Austin City Limits festival.
The online Post Chronicle reports: "Our friends TMZ.com spoke with a spokesperson for the Louisiana State Police who said, 'The tour bus was stopped on a common interstate vehicle inspection, and when the trooper approached the bus door a strong odor of marijuana was detected. The occupants were not brought to jail because it was not accepting [inmates] on misdemeanor charges.'"
The 73-year-old Nelson (pictured above) was charged with possession of both substances as were his older sister Bobbie Nelson, 75; Tony Sizemore, 59; Gates Morre, 54; and David Anderson, 50.
One of Nelson's recent albums, Countryman, featured a pot-leaf on the cover. The country singer is on the Advisory Board to NORML. Allen St. Pierre, NORML's executive director, stated: “This effort is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources that diverts law enforcement personnel away from focusing on serious and violent crime, including the war on terrorism."
The source of the stash photo is the Louisiana State Police news release, dated Sept. 18.
The Smoking Gun, Mediabistro, Gawker, Defamer, Best Week Ever, Jossip, Nerve, We Smirch, Stereogum and Mollygood have all posted the photo on their sites.
Recommended reading: Bill Maher's column at Huffington Post, Wichita Eagle blog editorial and Rick Cusick's High Times interview with Willie, which refers to the red heart tin seen in the stash photo.
doesn't willy look high in that picture?
1) what is was he thinking? pot is ILLEGAL so he goes and carries enough around with him to supply himself and his crew for an who knows how long? not very smart
2) and as posted here earlier if i had been busted with this much stuff i would not be able to use my get out of jail card for free but celebrity icons sure have a stash of legit get out of a myriad of jams
That's QUITE a lot. A third of that bag (perhaps a smidge more) would be 1/8th. Unless it's serious dirt stuff.
That's QUITE a lot. A third of that bag (perhaps a smidge more) would be 1/8th. Unless it's serious dirt stuff.
At the time I thought "Why would you fucking say that on TV!?!?"
So color me unsurprised...
Toby Keith is an asshat.
At the time I thought "Why would you fucking say that on TV!?!?"
So color me unsurprised...
Toby Keith is an asshat.
Well Hank Jr. was on "Imas In The Morning" on Thursday or Friday
(Sept 14th or 15th) before Willie got busted and told Imas about being on Willie's bus and what goes on!
So the Cop knew about Willie smoking on the bus before he stopped the Bus..
It was a Right Wing Hit just like all progressive celebrities that are being busted and investigated for political purposes and to silence any decent of the Bush Administration.
Hope This Helps,
Well Hank Jr. was on "Imas In The Morning" on Thursday or Friday
(Sept 14th or 15th) before Willie got busted and told Imas about being on Willie's bus and what goes on!
So the Cop knew about Willie smoking on the bus before he stopped the Bus..
It was a Right Wing Hit just like all progressive celebrities that are being busted and investigated for political purposes and to silence any decent of the Bush Administration.
Hope This Helps,
doesn't willy look high in that picture?"
Practice what you preach dude, Snoop got caught with 4 lbs one time on his bus and was let go. It's not a white/black thing, it's a have money and don't have money thing.
like this conversation as a whole.
yeah but none of these arguments matter
fact is, if me or any of my friends got busted here in westside queens with that bag we'd be in central booking til monday morning
race/class/number of people copping the charge don't matter
dude got off mad easy
the legal system in the us is a joke
Sad that a plant can be illegal.
Agnes
1.5 lbs / 5 people = 0.3 lbs per person.
0.3 lbs * 16 oz per lb = 4.8 oz
4.8 oz * [about]28 grams per oz = ~134 grams per person.
Anyone who smokes between 1/2 gram and 2 grams in a session will be extremely stoned... about 134 times per person.
Thassalottaweed.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but you've got it backwards.
The "illicit" drug trade is a $500 billion dollar a year enterprise.
The $50 billion that the USA spends each year on the War On Drugs is not a waste, it's an INVESTMENT that protects the half-a-trillion dollars that this "black" market brings in.
There's much more money in keeping certain drugs illegal than there is in legalizing them.
The street price of high grade marijuana is on par with the price of gold at $600 an ounce.
There's a reason for that.
What would happen to that price if it were legalized?
And how much revenue would be lost if the 750,000 Americans, (the population of San Francisco, or Washington DC), weren't arrested and jailed for it, as they are each and every year?
No two governments on earth today are of the same mind on anything, yet when it comes to "illicit" drugs, they're in complete lock-step agreement?
What's wrong with this picture?
Follow the money.
nwa
If the fascists weren’t suppressing it, we would once again become the richest nation on earth. The products
that could be made from Marijuana would fill a whole page. One shining example would be bio-fuel to run our cars and trucks, getting us off Bush/Bin Laden oil. It’s you the people who put up with all this shit, who let the IRS steal most of your money, who do as you are told, who are good little Germans who sieg-hile to Bush that are to blame for this disaster in out country and the world. Hemp for victory!
ok everyone smokea bowl for wille
Can't give a damn whether or not he was high or how much weed he had, as far as I'm oncerned the shit should be legal. But if the driver was fucked up then he had better be in some serious shit right now.
As well, meth rocks are easier to hide than marijuana.
If you want to reduce meth use among kids, then legalize marijuana and regulate its production and sale.
Also give hard drug dealers the same penalties as murderers.
Finally ban users from a certain part of a city or municipality. It works for hookers; it should be used for drug users.
To prevent pot abuse, educate users on the correct way to smoke pot. The experienced user takes two puffs, puts out his doob and lights up when his buzz goes down.
Only drug abusers abuse pot.
Remember: 1.5% of people were addicts in 1903. Today, 1.5% of people are still addicts.
P.s. Are we really comparing Snoop D O Double Dizzle to Willie Nelson. Get Serious! The Gansta lifestyle, portrayed or otherwise Snoop subscribes to is far from the peace activist Willie Nelson.
The law must be selective!
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