Whitney's Pot Problems Solved

November 3, 2000 -- Whitney Houston will be able to put marijuana possession charges behind her, if she can stay out of trouble for the next three months.

In January, a security guard at Hawaii's Kona International Airport asked Houston to open her bag when she and her husband, singer Bobby Brown, arrived at an airport security checkpoint. Inside the bag, the guard reportedly found and seized several grams of marijuana, and though security officers attempted to prevent the couple from leaving, Houston and Brown left the bag behind and boarded a United Airlines flight for San Francisco before police arrived. The airport's security guards work for a private firm and did not have the authority to arrest Houston because her crime was unrelated to airport security.

According to The Associated Press, a Kona judge has given Houston three months to adhere to several undisclosed probation-like conditions. If she is successful, the case will be removed from her record.

If she had been convicted of the crime, Houston could have faced up to 30 days behind bars and a $1,000 fine.