LOS ANGELES – The son of former Vice President Al Gore was released after being arrested early Wednesday and charged with possession of marijuana and prescription drugs after Orange County sheriff’s deputies stopped him for driving about 100 mph on I-5 in Laguna Niguel, authorities said.
Albert Gore III was taken into custody about 12 hours earlier after deputies stopped his Toyota Prius and detected the “strong odor of marijuana,” said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the sheriff’s department.
A search of the car found marijuana along with the prescription drugs Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and Adderall, an amphetamine used to treat attention deficit disorder, Amormino said.
“He didn’t have a prescription for any of it,” Amormino said.
Gore was booked in Orange County Jail in Santa Ana on four charges, including possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana and possession of the drugs without a prescription. Gore was released after posting $20,000 bail.
Gore was arrested on a pot possession charge in December 2003, in Bethesda, Md. He completed substance abuse counseling to settle those charges.
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