Illegal Drugs

The Marijuana Militia's Been Activated to Bring Medicinal Dope to Arizona

  www.artfiles.comIn the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown, Robert DeNiro's character walks into an apartment and finds Bridget Fonda's flakey blonde character watching television with bong in  hand. He says to her: "You know that shit will kill your ambit ... More >>

Bell Peppers and Pot: DPS Finds 5,000-Pound Weed Stash on Truck Near Nogales

  Image: Arizona Department of Public SafetyThe Arizona Department of Public Safety should open a farmer's market. This morning, the agency told us about a truck driver busted with 508 pounds of pot hidden with watermelons. A few minutes ago, DPS announced it had made an e ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Suggests Smoking Pot Today?

teesforall.com Does Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon want you to toke up today? Probably not, though, if you'd had a few bong hits you could read that in to a press release declaring today "A Green Day for Green Day," in honor of tickets going on sale for the California punk trio's August 22 show at U.S. A ... More >>

Hot Links: Marijuana Framed, Canines Cooled, Suspect Shot

The Mesa Unified School District plans to lay off 210 teachers today. The cuts do not include personnel with one-year contracts who may not be hired back anyway. A district spokesperson says the cuts will save the school district "30 to 60 million dolllars"...Rawhide Western Town will get new manage ... More >>

"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Cut Out of His Own Business; Misses Court Hearing

The founder of a Web site for finding and rating prostitutes has been fired from his own company following accusations by Phoenix police that he tried to have someone killed.David Elms was scheduled to appear before a judge at Maricopa County Superior Court for a hearing on various criminal charges ... More >>

Phoenix FBI Office Gets Experienced New Boss, Nathan Gray

Nathan Gray, a veteran lawman with experience in counter-terrorism and big-time drug smuggling, has been selected to head up the FBI's Phoenix office. The FBI didn't put out a picture of Gray, but posted a bio of him today on its Web site. Gray previously worked here in 2002 as an assistant spec ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Meets with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Thursday: Let's Hope They Grill Her Fat Ass

photo courtesy of Eduardo Barraza at Barriozona.comThe Congressional Hispanic Caucus needs to turn her fanny into virtual ground round till Nappy yanks Arpaio's 287(g).The congressional daily The Hill is reporting that Department of Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano will be meeting privately f ... More >>

Arpaio's First Racial Profiling Sweep of the New Year Starts Tomorrow

Arpayaso harasses brown folk again, this time near Buckeye. Hot off his trip to NYC where he made an ass of himself on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's starting his first Hispanic-hunting foray of the season, as you can see from the press release below. The anti-brown dragne ... More >>

Traffic Stop Nets Nearly 200 Pounds of Pot Found Wrapped Like Christmas Presents

A couple driving north toward Tucson the day after Christmas was caught with nearly 200 pounds of marijuana disguised like holiday presents. The Nogales, Arizona, couple were stopped on Interstate 19 for a traffic violation, according to an Arizona Department of Public Safety news release: Insid ... More >>

Cloned UPS Truck Caught Smuggling Ton of Pot

"Synchronizing" is a tough word to spell, even if you aren't high from the ton of marijuana you're trying to smuggle. But you'd think after going to all the trouble of creating this UPS lookalike, the smugglers would invest some of their profit in a dictionary. The truck, which was carrying 2,118 ... More >>

This Weekend: Marijuana, Free Comic Book Day and Mini Kiss

Celebrate 420 in Phoenix with smoking grooves

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Bermudez Triangle

The immigrant rights movement needs Elias Bermudez, only there's a problem: A lot of his own people don't trust him

KEYSTONE KOPPERS: The skinny on the fake plot to whack Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Resident Evil: Supporters of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean show their true colors.

Bad Football Is the Best Medicine

Hugs and drugs

It's Not, but It Oughtta Be

Whoa, doood...

Death Sentence

Maricopa County jail personnel handled an unruly prisoner so harshly that he died. So what else is new?

Head Games

The winged wonder on bong laws, a coffee table art book on (yes) Phoenix and the 12-drink minimum at FBR

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 8, 2005

Diggin' the Stones

Nobody expects the British Invasion

Substance Abuse

Illegal Substance's music may be dumber than you average rap-rock fusion. But dumb sells.

God Forsaken

The brutal, brilliant City of God takes us inside Rio de Janeiro's urban decay

Marine Life

Letters from the week of December 5, 2002

Nothin' but a Hound Dog

The King of Rock rolls into town

Lords of Acid

Evil Empire

Investigators say he was bigger than Sammy the Bull. His minions say he ruled the drug trade in the Valley's rave scene. Now, authorities have "English Shaun," the man they claim reigned over a nighttime empire of ecstasy, meth, violence and excess.

Tales From the Crips

Bones goes to the 'hood and digs up every horror cliché it can find

The Truck Stops Here

Pickup owner driven to distraction by vehicle forfeiture snafu

Love Story

Well-researched book fans the flames of the "Kurt Cobain was murdered" theory

Head Time for Gonzo

Terry Gilliam plays a long shot in loopy Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas filmization

The Internet Internist

Dr. Pietr Hitzig of Maryland has prescribed a fen-phen panacea for all manner of ailments to thousands of patients he has never met. One of them, Alvin Chernov, killed himself.

Down in Smoke

Half-Baked requires a bit more cooking time

The Prying Game

In a World of Hurst

Letters

Techno Inferno

Green Buds

The three men of Fred Green on funk, friendship and the real story behind "Utah Marshal"

Vigilance or Vigilantes?

Gun-toting neighborhood patrol harasses hookers, disturbs druggies--and concerns some decent folk

Mutiny At The County

Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

Letters

THE MISSING PIECE

A hotheaded Border Patrol agent is the only suspect in a double slaying. One of his guns has vanished, and he's still got his job.

KIND OF A DRUGHERBAL ECSTACY--NATURAL HIGH OR PSYCHEDELIC SNAKE OIL?

THE GHETTO WAY

LISTEN UPMORE CD'S FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE

AIDS GIRL VINDICATEDSUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CASE THAT MADE RONDA CRACE AN OUTCAST IN PRESCOTT

DIARY OF A SCARED HOUSEWIFE

ARIZONA'S OWN J. EDGAR HOOVER

RUBEN ORTEGA USED THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURSUE HIS PERSONAL AGENDA-AND HIS POLITICAL FOES