WINONA, Minn. — As a police officer was making a traffic stop, he smelled heavy marijuana inside the car. Yes, said the driver, Stephen Ballard Jr,. 19, and he admitted to having partaken. “I drove high all the time,” he told the officer. The officer wasn’t surprised. He said that Ballard’s eyes were red and he could barely keep his lids open. After failing a field sobriety tests, Ballard was taken to jail. His blood was drawn for lab tests. This was about 1:30 a.m.
