The Austin American-Statesman:

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.

I give him props for the Prius. Zero to sixty in 9.8 seconds at 50 miles to the gallon? Hell, yeah, mofos.

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.

Sounds like he’s doing pretty well for himself. If you can’t drive with mary jane in the car and engage in recreational drug use at 24, when can you? It’s only natural.

I learned it from you, Dad.

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