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Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again

By TChris, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 01:13:06 PM EST
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Every police officer in the country must have known that pulling over Willie Nelson's bus would be an easy way to make a pot bust. It happened today in Louisiana, after the bus was stopped for "a commercial vehicle inspection."

A search of the bus produced 11/2 pounds of marijuana and 0.2 pounds of narcotic mushrooms, according to state police.

Nelson needs to find a new driver, as Louisiana apparently suspends commercial driving privileges on the spot when a driver is arrested for pot possession.

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    Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again | 13 comments (13 topical)
    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 03:23:18 PM EST
    This is just sad. These guys did not pose any threat to the public.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#6)
    by Repack Rider on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 04:40:38 PM EST
    I've been a rock band roadie since 1968. I'll drive.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#2)
    by Lww on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 05:04:30 PM EST
    Poor Willie. Where did he get the shrooms? He does have native american blood in him somewhere.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#3)
    by scarshapedstar on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 05:04:30 PM EST
    Free Willie!

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#4)
    by TomK on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 05:04:30 PM EST
    Mushrooms are not a narcotic, they are a psychedelic or entheogen. Mushrooms are the drug that a recent John Hopkins study said produced experiences that were experientially and descriptively indentical to religious experiences. They are being studied to treat anxienty in hospice patients, and treatments for alcoholism because of these effects. Some of the biggest governemental doublespeak in the War on (some) Drug is that useful things like marijuana and mushrooms get classified alongside real narcotics, and then equivocated like crazy.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 05:04:30 PM EST
    Like shooting fish in a barrel. Wouldn't the public benefit more if the La cops where instead patroling the cesspool on the Mississippi delta and not harrasing an old man just trying to make a living?

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 06:25:54 PM EST
    An easy mark in an election year. I'm betting Bernie Sanders is cringing right now. On the road again Oh, I just wanna get on the road again Smokin' dope and doin' shrooms With all my friends Oh, I just wanna get on the road again Sing it, Willie!

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#9)
    by kdog on Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 05:34:42 PM EST
    That's no way to treat an American icon. Land of the free my arse.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 05:34:42 PM EST
    No doubt the Louisiana cop was reading blog reports about the ACL Festival here in Austin, and figured that he was loaded up, and ready to be popped. At this point, you'd figure they'd just leave him alone.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 05:34:42 PM EST
    Has the AARP taken a position on this?

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 05:34:42 PM EST
    Who would've guessed? You mean to tell me WILLIE NELSON had illegal substances on his TOUR BUS?!? Somebody stop the presses.

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Sep 20, 2006 at 11:39:52 AM EST
    It's begun - the Free Willie Campaign! check it out
    - the Free Willie T-Shirt -
    NICE

    Re: Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Sep 20, 2006 at 06:38:09 PM EST
    might it be a republican iggy. a tarrent thing....money can buy anything.even elections

    Willie Nelson: Off the Road Again | 13 comments (13 topical)