Al Gore's son arrested on drug suspicion

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Al Gore's son arrested on drug suspicion

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Al Gore's son was arrested early Wednesday on

suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs after

deputies pulled him over for speeding, authorities said.

Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 100 mph on the

San Diego Freeway when he was pulled over at about 2:15 a.m.,

Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.

The deputies said they smelled marijuana and searched the car,

Amormino said. They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with

Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention

deficit disorder, he said.

" He does not have a prescription for any of those drugs, " Amormino

said.

Gore was being held in the men's central jail in Santa Ana on $20,000

bail.

Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman for his parents, did not immediately

return phone messages to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The son of the former vice president and Democratic presidential

nominee also was pulled over and arrested for pot possession in

December 2003, in Bethesda, Md., while he was a student at Harvard

University.

He completed substance abuse counseling as part of a pretrial

diversion program to settle those charges.

The youngest of Al and Tipper Gore's four children and their only

son, Gore lives in Los Angeles and is an associate publisher of GOOD,

a magazine about philanthropy aimed at young people.