Originally this started as a post asking for help, but since I just figure out how to do this, I thought I would post it.

Here is how to create a basic Drools project in maven.

Create a standard maven pom.xml with the following dependencies

         <dependency>
            <groupId>org.drools</groupId>
            <artifactId>drools-core</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.1</version>
            <type>jar</type>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.drools</groupId>
            <artifactId>drools-compiler</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.1</version>
            <type>jar</type>
        </dependency>

Make sure your pom.xml has the following repo

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>JBossRepo</id>
            <url>http://repository.jboss.com/maven2/</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

That is it.  You should now be able to include Drools in your projects.