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Source: Al Gore's Son Had 140 Vicodin Pills
People ^ | July 20, 2007 | Ken Lee

Posted on 07/20/2007 9:31:31 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Al Gore's son was charged with felony drug-possession charges and lesser offenses related to his July 4 speeding stop, authorities said Friday. And a law enforcement source tells PEOPLE that Gore had 140 Vicodin pills and "dozens" of other prescription drugs.

If convicted on all charges, Albert Gore III faces up to three years and eight months in prison. But state law makes him eligible for a drug diversion program instead of incarceration, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

His arraignment is set for Aug. 1 in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Gore, 24, was pulled over south of Los Angeles in a blue Toyota Prius around 2:15 a.m. July 4 for allegedly driving more than 100 mph.

Police previously said officers, who had searched the car because they detected the smell of marijuana, found prescription drugs including Xanax, Valium, Soma, Vicodin and Adderall, as well as a small amount of marijuana. No prescriptions were present, police said.

The amount of medication wasn't revealed at the time, but the source tells PEOPLE that Gore was carrying 140 pills of Vicodin alone, along with "dozens" of the other medications.

Gore was arrested and taken to the Orange County Jail's Intake and Release Center in Santa Ana, where his older sister Sarah bailed him out with $20,000 cash. His father later said that he was "getting treatment."

In all, he was charged with two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of marijuana, and a speeding infraction, the DA says.

The former vice president's son has a history of encounters with the law.

In August 2000, he was ticketed for going 97 mph in a 55-mph zone in North Carolina, and had his driving privileges suspended.

Two years later, he was cited for DUI in Virginia. He eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year's probation.

And in December 2003, Gore was arrested for marijuana possession in Maryland after he was pulled over for driving with his headlights off. He was sentenced to drug counseling in that case.

A Gore family spokeswoman had no comment.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: adderall; algore; gore; imsostoned; soma; valium; vicodin; wod; xanax
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1 posted on 07/20/2007 9:31:33 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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Source: Al Gore's Son Had 140 Vicodin Pills

One for every mile-per-hour he was over the speed limit?

2 posted on 07/20/2007 9:33:58 PM PDT by jdm
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Just damnnn that lots of drugs LOL!


3 posted on 07/20/2007 9:34:38 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: West Coast Conservative
A Gore family spokeswoman had no comment.

You don't say.

4 posted on 07/20/2007 9:34:49 PM PDT by A message
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It’s interesting that the headline on CNN.COM reads, “Gore’s son charged with possessing pot.” I guess they don’t want to talk about the felony counts.


5 posted on 07/20/2007 9:34:50 PM PDT by kdot
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I wonder how Chelsea has been doing. Isn’t she going to get married as soon as her soon to be father-in-law is released from prison?


6 posted on 07/20/2007 9:35:28 PM PDT by BeckB
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Al Gore's Son Had 140 Vicodin Pills

For when your pain absolutely, positively has to be gone.

7 posted on 07/20/2007 9:37:22 PM PDT by Yaelle (Hoping to see someone crawling under the Oval Office desk again: a real toddler and not an intern!)
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I feel a (very small) bit of sympathy for this poor slob. In the shadow of his idiot self absorbed parents he was almost certain to end up badly.

Of course in five years when he is elected Senator for life in some liberal state that sympathy will very rapidly vanish...

8 posted on 07/20/2007 9:37:34 PM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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Maybe they were diet Vicodin’s (a judge will tend to be more lenient in that case).

/s


9 posted on 07/20/2007 9:37:57 PM PDT by jdm
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In most states the charges would include intent to distribute. That is quite a large quantity of pills. Sounds like the young Al Gore is a drug dealer. Here in Kentucky law enforcement usually searches for a school within 1000 yards for an extra felony charge. If he is a drug dealer maybe they should also confiscate his prius.


10 posted on 07/20/2007 9:39:25 PM PDT by cquiggy
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A Gore family spokeswoman had no comment.

Getting paid not to talk.

Sweet gig, that.

11 posted on 07/20/2007 9:40:31 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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And check his ringtone. Does it have a lot of "thuds" and more expletives than the fourth season of The Soprano's? :O)
12 posted on 07/20/2007 9:43:53 PM PDT by jdm
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Typical prep school pussy


13 posted on 07/20/2007 9:44:33 PM PDT by Porterville (I'm an American. If you hate Americans, I hope our enemies destroy you. I will pray for my soul.)
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And a law enforcement source tells PEOPLE that Gore had 140 Vicodin pills and "dozens" of other prescription drugs.

Yes but did he have proof of purchase of carbon offsets for that ???

14 posted on 07/20/2007 9:44:37 PM PDT by ikka
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Hmmmmm. I’ll bet he doesn’t know whether the earth is warming or not.

.......and doesn’t really give a rat’s rear end.


15 posted on 07/20/2007 9:45:40 PM PDT by Chuck54 (“If you want to be successful, put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.”)
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He is the heir to the throne of the ‘Global’ Emperorship...


16 posted on 07/20/2007 9:46:51 PM PDT by citizencon
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What a dork.


17 posted on 07/20/2007 9:47:49 PM PDT by linn37 (Phlebotomists need love too.)
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$20,000 cash.. Sounds like she is dealing too.


18 posted on 07/20/2007 9:48:05 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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In most states the charges would include intent to distribute. That is quite a large quantity of pills. Sounds like the young Al Gore is a drug dealer.

I doubt it, he is a spoiled rich kid, no incentive or motive to be a dealer. He probably hands them out like candy at parties.
19 posted on 07/20/2007 9:49:03 PM PDT by microgood
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If they wanted to be hard about it. They could charge him with a felony for each tablet.


20 posted on 07/20/2007 9:49:13 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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