CHEHALIS, Wash. -- Portland Trail Blazers forward Rasheed Wallace, who faced a drug charge after a small amount of marijuana was found in a car he was riding in last fall, has agreed to attend drug counseling and pay a $650 fine.

	Wallace

Under the arrangement worked out Monday in Lewis County District Court, a misdemeanor charge against Wallace will be dropped if he stays out of legal trouble for the next six months.

Wallace and teammate Damon Stoudamire were passengers in a vehicle that was stopped for speeding last Nov. 22 -- after a game against the Seattle SuperSonics -- on Interstate 5 just north of Chehalis. A search of the vehicle turned up the pot.

On March 20, Stoudamire and driver Ed Smith of Portland agreed to attend drug and alcohol counseling and stay out of legal trouble for 12 months. The misdemeanor charges against them will then be dropped.

Wallace's hearing came later because he had not yet completed a drug evaluation survey.

All three men pleaded innocent to the charges, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and three months in jail.

The Portland franchise was in the news again Monday, when Portland police disclosed that Blazers rookie Qyntel Woods had been cited for marijuana possession over the weekend.

Woods, a 22-year-old forward, was cited Saturday for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, for speeding and for driving without a license or insurance, said police spokesman Henry Groepper. Woods was then released.

Woods was pulled over on Interstate 5 for driving 83 mph in a 55 mph zone, Groepper said. Officers smelled marijuana when Woods rolled down the window. He was alone in the car.