Did you know Willie Nelson is a toker? This much becomes obvious when reading an article in High Times magazine by Rick Cusick, he does an interview with Nelson featured here. Nelson was traveling through the small town of Sierra Blanca in West Texas, and when all was said and done, he was found to have less than 2 ounces on his person.

Nelson pleaded no contest and was fined 500 dollars by the county sheriff. He could have easily gone to the county jail for 180 days. If he had, sheriff, Arvin West, publicly stated he would have made him cook and clean and wear those black and white striped outfits like the rest of them.

I have previously read about drug busts happening at checkpoints in small towns throughout West Texas. With a different mentality and hard talking law enforcement, when it comes to green; I vowed to never find myself traveling through this part of the U.S., ever.

Especially when you consider that even internationally recognized rapper, Snoop Dogg was busted for pot in the same area. Just two weekends ago, Snoop Dogg was traveling through West Texas via tour bus and was stopped by border patrol. The patrol brought a K9 unit to the scene. The drug dog unveiled a pill bottle found in the garbage can on the tour bus stuffed with a couple of joints.

Snoop Dogg was told he could either pay the county fine, some 537 dollars or contest the citation in the district court. Mike Hughes covers the full story here.