Nicole Richie arrested

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Vicodin is a controlled substance. If it was just weed, she'd be charged with some sort of misdemeanor possesion unles she had a huge amount on her. If she had a prescription, then they simnply would have charged her with driving while impaired. I am drawing these conclusions from what I read on The Smoking Gun. Possession of a controlled substance is a felony, I believe. She has a prior bust for possesion of heroin, so I'm guessing that this new charge is a felony.

Possession is a flopper, that is, you can be charged with either a misdemeanor or felony as the DA decides.