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By Stone Martindale Sep 19, 2006, 2:28 GMT

Willie Nelson busted in Bayou State

NEW ORLEANS - Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson and several fellow musicians were charged with misdemeanor drug possession when Troopers stopped the singer's bus in Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana According to trooper Willie Williams, they smelled a strong odor of marijuana when the driver opened the door. State Police seized about 1-1/2 pounds (0.7 kg) of marijuana and two-tenths of a pound (91 grams) of mushrooms from the bus, Williams said.Nelson, 73, and Tony Sizemore, 59, Bobbie Nelson, 75, Gates Moore, 54, and David Anderson, 50, were issued misdemeanor citations for possession of mushrooms and marijuana and then released.Nelson is scheduled to perform at Farm Aid 2006 on Sept. 30 in Camden, N.J.'There was no trouble whatsoever,' Williams said. 'They were all cooperative.'A spokesman for Nelson said she had no information about the arrest.Nelson, 73, has been an advocate for the legalization of marijuana. He became famous in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement that included influences from rock, jazz and folk music.

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