We’ve read what those rabid, sensationalist press outlets have done with Buffett’s alleged “drug”-bust, so now it’s only fair to hear Jimmy’s side of the story. Mr. Margaritaville posted this message on website (via Page Six):

In Toulon, we arrived at the private terminal to leave and were moving through security, when my captain informed me that we were being ramp checked by French customs and some plainclothes guys … No big deal – I thought. I found my bag and opened it up and they went right for a little pouch which contained my prescription medicines which was sitting on top of my clothes, not the most secretive part of my bag. I don’t know about you, but at a few months away from turning sixty, I carry a few prescriptions, including a B vitamin supplement, called Foltx.

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Well, that’s the one that deflated the party balloon for when they examined them you could see a heart on the pill. “Ecstasy,” they said. I have never taken it and couldn’t tell you the difference between a hit of ecstasy and Excedrin PM. My vices these days consist of boat drinks, beer, wine and the occasional hot fudge sundae. I hadn’t even opened the bottle, because my secretary had made a mistake and had sent the wrong prescription. I don’t use Foltx any more.

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I knew Foltx was a vitamin supplement not a love drug. I paid the fine, gathered my bags and my friends and as soon as they opened that door, I walked, rather rapidly towards my plane and flew out.

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In Toulon, the stern faced authorities couldn’t take the truth as the simple answer to a few simple questions, trying to turn vitamins into ecstasy. In these days and times, the truth sadly gets lost in the gossip at an alarming rate

We hear ya, Jimmy. We have no idea why those Frenchies thought your Foltx pills were ecstasy, either.