By Jeffrey L. Rabin, LA Times Staff Writer

LA Times — The son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested early Wednesday in Orange County on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs, the latest in a series of incidents with law enforcement agencies in recent years.

Albert Gore III was taken into custody about 2:15 a.m. after Orange County sheriff’s deputies stopped him for driving about 100 mph on the southbound Interstate 5 in Laguna Niguel.

When deputies approached the Toyota Prius at the Crown Valley Parkway exit, they detected the “strong odor of marijuana,” said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Department. A search of the car found marijuana and prescription drugs Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and Adderall, an amphetamine used to treat attention deficit disorder, Amormino said.

jay: the prius makes this funny, though i’m not sure why. is it because he’s al gore’s son and of course he’s driving a prius (while smoking dope and taking xanax) or is it because he got that prius up to 100mph (while smoking dope and taking xanax)?

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