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Noelle Bush (born July 26, 1977 in TexasNoelle Bush is the daughter of current Florida governor Jeb Bush and Columba Bush, the younger sister of George P. Bush, the older sister of Jeb Bush, Jr., the niece of current president George W. Bush, and the granddaughter of U.S. president George H.W. Bush. She graduated from Tallahassee Community College in 2000.

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Aside from being a member of the Bush family, Ms. Bush is notable for several highly-publicized encounters with the legal system stemming from alleged problems with substance abuse.

On January 29, 2002, according to a police report made public via The Smoking Gun website, Bush attempted to "fraudulently obtain a pre at a Walgreens Drug Store located in Tallahassee, Florida.

The attending officer, Mark E. Dent of the Tallahassee Police Department, ascertained that Bush had telephoned the pharmacy using the name "Noelle Scidmore" in an attempt to obtain Xanax, a pre, Bush was ordered by a judge to attend a rehabilitation program at the Center for Drug-Free Living in Orlando, Florida. During her time at the facility, Bush was found in contempt of court twice - once after being accused of taking preion pills from a nurse's office and once after she was caught with a small amount of cocaine. For these offences, she was sentenced to three days and ten days in jail, respectively.

In August of 2003, Gov. Jeb Bush and his wife Columba attended their daughter's final court appearancesup. Upon completion of her rehabilitation program, the governor's press office released a statement on his behalf. "Columba and I are pleased that our daughter Noelle has completed this step, and grateful for the treatment she's received...She has worked hard to get here. We are proud of her efforts and love her very much."

Regarding her treatment, Ms. Bush herself told the court "It's been quite a challenge, and I'm grateful."

Organizations in favor of drug-reform and harm reduction have used Ms. Bush's run-ins with the law to argue in favor of legalizing and regulating certain drugs that are currently illegal to possess.sup that problems inherent to the legal system were responsible for creating an imbalance in the distribution of justice between the rich and poor while asserting that had Ms. Bush not maintained strong family connections within the poltical system, she may have received a harsher penalty for her crimes.