Xanax

Riding High: Arizona's Zero-Tolerance Stance on Pot and Driving

Mom Ditches Kid at Park and Passes Out With Meth Pipe in Car.

Chandler PD arrested Alison Stewart for suspected DUI after she ditched her kid at a park and passed out in her car next to her meth pipe, according to police. Stewart's 4-year-old daughter was playing with another kid at Desert Breeze Park on Monday, when she asked another parent - whom she had jus ... More >>

We Took Mystery Drugs and Saw Soft Moon

Soft Moon @ Crescent Ballroom|3/7/13Funny what stray pills you can uncover in a fit of spring cleaning. This 20mg of Adderall. A dented Xanax bar. Where did all these Percocet come from? And what's this red-brown gelcap floating in my desk drawer? So down it goes. It could be anything. I don't tell ... More >>

Victim Robbed of Pills He Wanted to Trade for Meth, Shoplifts Cologne While Waiting for Cops

A guy in Kearny couldn't fill his prescription for Oxycontin and Xanax at the local pharmacy, cops say, so he called a couple of buddies to work out a deal: They drive him to a Mesa drugstore, he gives them some of the pills, they give him $20 and some meth, and everyone's happy. Of course, we woul ... More >>

Garrett Selleys: Xanax Makes Me Want to Burglarize Cars

MCSOGarrett Selleys​According to the medical website drugs.com, some of the side effects of Xanax include decreased sexual desire or ability, diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, light-headedness, nausea, tiredness, and weight changes. One of the more severe side effects (as you can see in ... More >>

Mark Sultan, The Wrong Ones, Andrew and His Feisty Felines, and The Cosmeticators at Trunk Space, 11/21/11

Marks Sultan, The Wrong Ones, Andrew and His Feisty Felines, and The Cosmeticators Trunk Space Monday, November 21 Mark Sultan: Someone has offered me a Xanax and an enema tonight. Audience member: Welcome to Phoenix! Such was the tone last night at Mark Sultan's Phoenix stop. He seemed perturbed ... More >>

Prescott Couple Accused of Baking Out Hotel Room With Heroin Smoke as 11-Month-Old Played in Crib

MCSOStefani Bindes and her baby-daddy, Matthew Nakihei, are accused of child abuse after police found heroin in the hotel room they've been staying in with their 11-month-old daughter.​Heroin's not good for anyone -- especially an 11-month-old baby, like the one who was found in a Scottsdale hotel ... More >>

Suspect in Three Armed Robberies, Ryan Foote, Kills Man Who Dated Ex-Girlfriend, Police Say

Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeRyan Foote broke into an apartment early Monday and shot to death his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, cops say.​ A 22-year-old suspect in three armed robberies burst through the glass door of a Phoenix apartment at about 3 a.m. on Monda ... More >>

Glendale Woman Wakes Up to Find Michael Thorson's Fingers in Her Vagina

MCSO Michael Thorson​When a Glendale woman awoke from a vodka and Xanax-inspired nap Thursday night, 56-year-old Michael Thorson was in the town house she's sharing with a friend -- and his fingers were in her vagina.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the 53-year-old v ... More >>

Lil Wayne: Rap's Most Dependable Weirdo Coming to US Airways Center

​Perma-stoned New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne has been hip-hop's eccentric golden boy for five years now. On the heels of his magnificent breakthrough album Tha Carter II, Wayne went apeshit, releasing mixtape after groundbreaking mixtape. Some of them, like 2006's Dedication 2 and Lil Weezyana, ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Out of Stir, Josh's Wife Files for Divorce

Joshua Pearce, freed this week after two months in custodyTo read recent accounts of state Senate President Russell Pearce's lawbreaking son Joshua Pearce, you'd think he'd only caught six days in stir for violating terms of his probation on a 2007 aggravated DUI conviction.In reality, Pearce the Yo ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Arrested, in MCSO Custody

Josh, son of Russell, back in stirState Senate President Russell Pearce's son Joshua Trent Pearce was arrested February 9 by the Mesa Police Department on outstanding warrants issued by the Maricopa County Superior Court. Currently he's cooling his heels in Durango Jail.The thirty year-old unemploye ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Problem with the Rule of Law; and Andrei Cherny Contends for Democratic Party Chair

Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Pearce: Mesa Police Will Not File Charges in Child Abuse Allegations

Joshua Trent Pearce, in an MCSO mug shot from a 2006 DUI arrest State Senate President-elect Russell Pearce's son Joshua Trent Pearce was recently under investigation by the Mesa Police Department for allegations of possible child abuse.Mesa PD spokesman Sgt. Ed Wessing confirmed that police respond ... More >>

What's Mom Worth?: When a Woman Became Deathly Ill in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail, Guards and Nurses Ignored Her Agony

Meghan McCain May Not be an Idiot, But She Plays One -- Well -- on TV

Meghan McCain's scandalous "tweet." Hubba-hubba.​If you know anything about Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain, you might find it shocking that she was able to read write a book. Well, she did. And now she's hitting the TV airwaves to pimp the newly released tell-all about th ... More >>

In Debt and Under Fire, Attorney Grant Goodman Has Found an Unusual Pool of Clients: the "Victims" of Probate Court

People's Biennial Slated for SMoCA Raises Hackles of Local Artists and Curators

Kathleen VanesianCould this be a contender for SMoCA's upcoming "People's Biennial"?​ The art community grapevine in this Valley is about three inches long, so it didn't take much time for me to get calls concerning a recent, very heated panel discussion at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary A ... More >>

"Fluffy Bunny Crew" One of Three Street Gangs Busted by DPS

Department of Public Safety DPS officers taking a "fluffy bunny" into custody during yesterday's gangster roundup.​In the past, criminal street gangs have used names that strike fear in the hearts of their rivals. The Bloods, the Crips, the Jets, the Sharks -- all have an intimidating conno ... More >>

With Extract, Mike Judge Goes Back to Work

Risqué Business: If Porn Star Taryn Thomas is Any Indication, the Valley of the Sun May Be the Next Porn Capital of the World

Arty Girl: Summer Solstice Sunrise at James Turrell Skyspace

Look at the end of this blog for the longest photo credit known to man.If you're new to Arty Girl, you won't be annoyed by this blog. If you've been following Arty Girl, on the other hand, you might be turned off by my incessant need to write about the James Turrell Skyspace at Scottsdale Museum of ... More >>

'Idol' Hollywood Week 2: The Return of Kai Kalama

Paula's necklace scares the bejesus out of us.So before we delve into Tuesday night's episode of Idol, I need to pose one very pressing question: What the eff was Paula wearing around her neck?! Abdul has worked some pretty funky neckwear over the span of Idol, but this particular piece of hardware ... More >>

Silver Jews

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
(Drag City)

Former Korn guitarist Brian Welch finds Jesus

Xanaxadu

Downtown bash is destined to become an urban legend

Wing Ding

1940s revisited in Mesa

Naive Gringo Pill Popped Below Border

Earth to Americans like Ray Lindell: Try abiding by Mexican law when buying a whopping amount of tranquilizers at farmacias. Duh!

Rock Jaw

Dr. Kelly Cook is the king of rock 'n' roll dentistry

Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

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.

Crooked Pain

Former Archers of Loaf leader Eric Bachmann pushes himself with an oddly introspective collection

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Ecstatic Fall

They threw lavish raves, had endless expense accounts and traveled the world. Then the attorney general crashed the party.

Concealed Weapons

Despite some misfires, The Pistoleros keep looking for a break and say that rumors of their demise are greatly exaggerated

Playing With the King of Hearts

Suicide Kings stack the deck with roots country for the alt. rock set

Take Two Bottles of These. Call Me When You're Dead

Dr. Willard Hunter's repeated misprescription of dangerous drugs has contributed to two deaths. But the state medical board doesn't see any reason to revoke his doctor's license.