Patriots running back Kevin Faulk, a rare member of the organization who gets in trouble off the field, has addressed publicly the incident that resulted in a February 2008 citation for marijuana possession.

Specifically, Faulk had in his jacket four hand-rolled cigars containing the wacky weed.

“I take full responsibility for what I had on me, for what happened,” Faulk said, according to the Boston Herald.  “But at the same time, with regard to some of the things that were said, there were stories that I got arrested, that I got caught smoking.  I know what happened.  I don’t have to tell anyone that.  When the media calls asking questions and looking for a comment, I was always taught actions speak louder than words.  So I didn’t want to talk about it.  I wanted to react to it.  So I took a drug test, and that was it for me.”

Faulk passed the drug test.  It’s not clear who administered it, or whether any rubber, um, devices were used in providing the sample. 

Though we’re kidding (sort of) in making reference to Onterrio Smith’s travel companion, it appears that Faulk might have made his own arrangements to be tested.  We suspect that being tested under such circumstances isn’t as stringent as it might be when the test is imposed by the NFL.