Al Gore III arrested on drug charges after speeding

The son of the former Vice President, Al Gore III, was arrested again on drug charges, after police pulled him over for speeding at 100/mph.

Al Gore III arrested on drug charges after speeding The 24-year-old Al Gore III was clocked by a California patrol at going over 100/mph on the freeway in a blue Toyota Prius, early Wednesday morning. When the deputy stopped Al Gore III, he smelled marijuana, which he found in the car, along with bottles containing Valium, Vicadin, Xanax, and Adderall. All of these drugs are by prescription only, which the Vice President's son did not have for any of the medications.

According to the police, Al Gore III was cooperating, even admitting that he smoked marijuana earlier. He was taken into custody and booked into the Santa Ana Inmate Reception Center on drug possession charges.

It is unknown if Al Gore has been contacted, while traveling back from Europe today.

Although bail has been set at $20,000, Al Gore III was still in jail, at the time the news broke.

This is not the first drug offence of the young Al Gore III. He was arrested in 2003 on marijuana related charges, while he was a student at Harvard University. In 2002 he was arrested by military police near a base in Virginia for DUI, and he got a reckless driving ticket in North Carolina in 2000.

Current odds on Al Gore for the 2008 Presidential Elections are 6/1 by the American sportsbooks, and at 5/1 by Bet365, a British bookmaker.

Published on 07/04/2007