Pubdate: Tue, 19 Sep 2006
Source: New York Daily News (NY)
Copyright: 2006 Daily News, L.P.
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Author: Owen Moritz
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BAD TRIP: DRUGS SEIZED ON WILLIE NELSON'S TOUR BUS

Next time he goes "On the Road Again," Willie Nelson might want to be 
careful about what he packs for the trip.

The 73-year-old country music legend and four fellow musicians were 
cited for misdemeanor drug possession yesterday after Louisiana cops 
boarded their tour bus and seized 1-1/2 pounds of marijuana and a 
small amount of psychedelic mushrooms, police said.

The five were busted after their bus was stopped just east of 
Lafayette for a routine commercial inspection and a state trooper 
smelled marijuana, cops said.

Cited along with Nelson were (redacted).

Nelson has long advocated pot's legalization. He appears as himself 
in the new movie "Beerfest," looking for teammates to join him in a 
mythical world championship marijuana-smoking contest in Amsterdam.
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