November 27th, 2010
11:47 AM ET

Singer Willie Nelson arrested on pot charges

Country singer Willie Nelson was arrested Friday on charges of marijuana possession by the U.S. Border Patrol in Sierra Blanca, Texas, CNN has confirmed.

No further details were available, and a message left for Nelson's publicist has not been returned.

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  1. bitsy smith

    FREE WILLIE !!! for God 's Sake ....doesn't the Border patrol have more important things to do !?

    November 27, 2010 at 5:31 pm | Report abuse |
  2. Eric

    Man I feel safer already

    November 27, 2010 at 5:32 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Edward

    If pot is so bad for you, shouldn't old man Willie be dead yet? Willie is a great artist and pot is part of the reason why.

    November 27, 2010 at 5:33 pm | Report abuse |
  4. Steven H.

    I mean come on man, it's Willie "Freaking" Nelson! A music legend and icon! A man who has purportedly smoked weed with a well known official on the roof of the White House. A person who doesn't and never has hid the fact he smokes weed. Not that I'm advocating the use of marijuana, but the officer who arrested Willie should've been reprimanded by his superior officer and just let Willie go.

    November 27, 2010 at 5:36 pm | Report abuse |
  5. becket1

    Willie Nelson arrested on pot charges? How could this possibly be news?

    November 27, 2010 at 5:39 pm | Report abuse |
  6. Rock God

    Free Willy!

    November 27, 2010 at 5:40 pm | Report abuse |
  7. REB

    Everyone knows you don't cross the border with pot on you. The dogs are too good at finding it. Willie probably forgot he had any on him.

    November 27, 2010 at 5:40 pm | Report abuse |
  8. Pisarchick

    @ Frank Wilson, if the pot was legalized all those War on Drugs jobs would not be lost, there still would be some for the other drugs. Plus many jobs would be created in different feilds so the total amount of jobs would not be effedted all that much.

    November 27, 2010 at 5:40 pm | Report abuse |
  9. margoM333

    Uh... Willie is a great artist, but he is an even bigger ADDICT. We should stop arresting people for small amounts of drugs and put them into treatment instead. Our jails are littered with addicts who need treatment, not jail.

    November 27, 2010 at 5:42 pm | Report abuse |
    • CRAZY

      free willie. and put you in treatment

      November 27, 2010 at 5:50 pm | Report abuse |
    • Barnacle Bill

      Marijuana is not addictive, and that is very old information.

      You must be an idiot.

      November 27, 2010 at 6:58 pm | Report abuse |
  10. Toastman

    So how many times does this arrest make? Hint for authorities. Willie doesn't seem to change his ways no matter how many times he gets busted. Just look at it as a microcosm of the bigger "war on drugs. "

    November 27, 2010 at 5:44 pm | Report abuse |
  11. raymathews

    are you freakin' kidding me?
    what a waste of our tax money. Please stop this insanity!

    November 27, 2010 at 5:45 pm | Report abuse |
  12. Bud

    If Main Stream Media were to get off their support of the Prohibitionists and do a little "digging" on what they hear from the Reformers, maybe the People would figure out where the REAL waste is and say something about it. Hint, hint! And, by the way, it's name is Cannabis!

    November 27, 2010 at 5:46 pm | Report abuse |
  13. ddfredd

    Oh, what a waste of time and money to bust Willie...who and what was he bothering??? Free Willie, again!!!

    November 27, 2010 at 5:47 pm | Report abuse |
  14. Marc

    So what. Willie doesn't deny pot smoking. This really isn't news. Just takes up bytes.

    November 27, 2010 at 5:48 pm | Report abuse |
  15. Gary

    Leave Willie alone! Don't you fools have better things to do!?

    November 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm | Report abuse |
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