Illegal Drugs

Busting drug dealers with texting

Would you send tips about drug dealers in your area if you knew you were guaranteed to be anonymous?

Marijuana, age, and era: What do they have in common?

if CP folk were busted for being mobsters running the streets, would it be more newsworthy because many of us are under 30 and the Roaring 20s was a big time for prohibition gangsters? Doubt it.

Cop busts car with mobile cooking meth lab at gas station

A cop did a routine check of license plates in Maple Plain and discovered this person had a warrant out for their arrest and proceeded to search the car. And there it was! A cooking meth lab, in the car!

Out of the cannabis closet

Andrew Sullivan has a posting called "The Cannabis Closet", whereby he encourages potheads to "come out." To coincide with this week's story on medical marijuana (and because posting on April Fool's Day gives us plausible deniability), we're coming out of the cannabis closet ourselves... and encoura ... More >>

Minnesota's pot arrest rate on the wane

As the MN legislators ponder legalizing medical marijuana, U of M data-crunchers uncover more stoner-friendly news: you're significantly less likely to get arrested now for lighting up than you were eight years ago.

Medical marijuana back on agenda

Man punches pregnant woman for $200 and kills baby, other Minnesota crazies

Could Ramstad be the U.S. drug czar?

Rep. Jim Ramstad's name is being mentioned as a possible pick for the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Polic ... More >>

Herbal Remedy

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Herbal Calamity

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Convenience stores become the latest casualties in the war on drugs

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Savage Love

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Speed kills (but not as often as you think)

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Editor's note on Best Cheap Thrill item

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Crime blotter: powder blues

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Little Court of Horrors

In Anoka County juvenile court, meth and red tape are playing hell with the fate of children

Meth: Is it really Minnesota's biggest drug problem?

In Anoka County juvenile court, meth and red tape are playing hell with the fate of children

Meth Mouth Madness

In Anoka County juvenile court, meth and red tape are playing hell with the fate of children

The Minneapolis Connection: 137 Pounds of L.A. Coke and the MPD

The LA Weekly unwinds a weird tale of drug deals, real estate powerbrokers, and the long tentacles of political influence

Paging Dr. Feelgood: Minnesotans like dope

The LA Weekly unwinds a weird tale of drug deals, real estate powerbrokers, and the long tentacles of political influence

Skunk Works continued

The LA Weekly unwinds a weird tale of drug deals, real estate powerbrokers, and the long tentacles of political influence

Forty Accolades and a Mule

The acclaimed 'Maria' makes a connection in Minneapolis

Tightening the Cuffs on Judges in the Drug War

The acclaimed 'Maria' makes a connection in Minneapolis

Still Smokin'

Dave Chappelle lights up the Orpheum stage; giggling ensues

The Talking Mule

Following the white line from Colombia to your corner

Wheeler Dealer

How Minnesota cops and the war on drugs made a successful entrepreneur out of a small-time hustler and snitch named Michael Felix

The Longest Goodbye

Red Lake tribal leaders fight drugs with banishment

The Spree Killers: A Meth Connection?

Red Lake tribal leaders fight drugs with banishment

Embedded in Austin

On the ground in one of Minnesota's meth hot spots

Meth Myths, Meth Realities

What we know--and what we don't--about methamphetamine's history, chemistry, and impact on users

Stupid Sentencing Tricks

A Minnesota judge is targeted for speaking out against federal drug-sentencing guidelines

Generation Ecstasy Comes Down

Congress thinks the RAVE Act is a natural high for the War on Drugs. But ravers aren't smiling.

War All the Time

Drugs and terrorism: Who's pushing who?

On The Corner

Overwhelmed activists, embattled police, and perplexed politicians brace for a long, hot summer in South Minneapolis

High Heaven

Chisago County says a local rabbi took her campaign to legalize medicinal marijuana one toke over the line

Trouble in Store

Samir Abumayyaleh says he tried to get Minneapolis cops to crack down on drug dealing around his shop. He never figured they'd target him.

Snitch Glitch

Has Johnny "Walk on Water" Edwards finally met his match?

Kim Wozencraft: The Catch

Has Johnny "Walk on Water" Edwards finally met his match?

Whiteout

Gary Webb's new book Dark Alliance exposes the CIA/crack connection--and the media's complicity in killing the story

Just Short of Murder

A jury finds that a gay man's killer may have taken "reasonable" action

Roll 'Em

Bud Light: Two believers testify in Weed.

BOOKS: Wild Cowboys

Bud Light: Two believers testify in Weed.

Khat Happens

In the past year, Hennepin County District Court Judge Kevin Burke has heard a handful of cases concerning khat. "I'd say it's more like alcohol," he hazards. "I'm a little hesitant to say, 'Don't worry about khat.'

Fall Guy

Larry Gould was a long-time junkie on the mend in a methadone program until he was lured into a drug sting. Now he's doing five years. But he made a few undercover cops look good in the process, and that was the important thing.

Hemp and Hype

Will anti-drug hysteria give way to the lust of profit?

Drugs, Contras, and the CIA:

Press Covers for the Agency's Honor

Fitzpatrick Follies

Press Covers for the Agency's Honor

Atun Alba:

Cocaine, Tuna, and Free Trade

Fitzpatrick: Where is He Now?

Cocaine, Tuna, and Free Trade

Rock And Roll History

Cocaine, Tuna, and Free Trade