(Art) Garfunkel faces another pot charge in NY

[DoYouEverWonder]

Aug 30, 6:13 PM EDT

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) -- Singer Art Garfunkel, who pleaded guilty last year to pot possession in upstate New York, was charged again Sunday after a marijuana cigarette was allegedly found in the ashtray of his car, state police said.

The 63-year-old Garfunkel, who lives in Manhattan, was charged after being pulled over for failing to stop his vehicle at a stop sign, The Daily Freeman of Kingston reported Tuesday.

Upon approaching Garfunkel's car, a trooper noticed a strong odor of marijuana and a subsequent search turned up a joint in the ashtray, the newspaper reported. He was issued a ticket and is due back in Woodstock Town Court on Sept. 22.

In January 2004, Garfunkel was charged with marijuana possession after state police stopped his limousine for speeding in the Ulster County town of Hurley, which is near Woodstock some 55 miles southwest of Albany. During that stop, police found a small amount of pot in Garfunkel's jacket.

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Jeez Art, not a good idea to smoke and drive and then blow the stop sign.

[NMMNG]

1. Possession of pot is so not an issue

Unless you're a right-wing whack job/uber-fascist. Then it ranks right up there with murder on the crime scale.











*please note, getting high and then driving is a problem.

[LunaSea]

2. Carl Sagan would never run a stop sign...

Tommy Chong, maybe.
Woody Harrelson, definately.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. All those folks

were/are rich enough to own their own homes. It's not like they're kids living with their parents and have no where else to go. Keep the pot home in a safe place turkey, especially if you're famous and you know getting caught is going to make national headlines.

BTW: Sagan was one of my favorite pot smokers. I just thought that it was so cool that he was so open about using it.

[Mnemosyne]

4. I never knew that about Sagan,thanks! How cool! n/t

[LunaSea]

7. you should check out a cool book

50 Things you are NOT supposed to know. from www.disinfo.com
Contains a most remarkable chapter on Sagan the pothead.

Really profound.

[Mnemosyne]

8. Thanks LunaSea, I will.

It pleases me to no end when someone like Sagan is a known smoker. It proves that many brilliant people function and succeed though they "use the evil weed"!
Back in the 70's, we thought for sure it would be legal by now. I even had a "coupon" from a magazine for an ounce of pot!

:evilgrin: :smoke:

[RPM]

5. if this is his second offense - isnt he in danger from rockefeller law

in NYS, doesnt 3 drug offenses get you locked up for a long ass time?

[Lochloosa]

6. The worst place in the world to smoke pot is in your car....

no right of privacy there. Smoke it at home....