Illegal Drugs

Man calls police about hostage situation, cops find his pot-growing operation

Yet another set of dudes to add to 'America's Dumbest Criminals' list.

Hennepin County police make huge metro-wide pot bust

The Sheriff's Department seized some 3,300 marijuana plants worth an estimated $6,000,000.

Savage man charged after police find 130 pounds of marijuana in his home

The drugs were valued at about $455,000 wholesale, police say.

Wisconsin officers host giant marijuana bonfire

It's a crazy day in Wisconsin. Cops hosting pot bonfires, a lady swallowing plastic bags, and someone dumped an infant in the woods. But who's surprised?

Medical marijuana bill passes Minn. Senate

The Minnesota Senate approved a state medical marijuana bill with a 36-28 vote. The legislation now heads to the state House before hitting Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk for a likely veto.

Woman's pot brownie party dessert could lead to charges

Yet another Minnesotan's good intentions with a batch of pot brownies could lead to charges after one woman ate them without knowing she was consuming marijuana and became sick.

Hemp: the new soybean

A state legislator says letting Minnesota farmers grow industrial hemp --in other words, the non-ingestible variety -- could pad their bottom lines.

Minn. medical marijuana bill advances in Senate

Medical marijuana continues to advance at the Minnesota Capitol, but don't get your hopes up quite yet. Gov. Tim Pawlenty still stands as a huge speed bump before this bill turns into law

Ramstad won't be national drug czar

While former Minn. Rep. Jim Ramstad had a good shot at the spot, President Obama passed.

Cooking with the stoneys

Check out the Cannabis Cafe for some high-larious tips on how to cook with mary jane.

Food or front: You wanna side of crack with that?

Gawker names Spam one of 10 recession winners

Growing pot: a life sentence?

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What's Wrong with Wisconsin?

This time the freaks who allegedly dug up a dead woman's body to have sex with it are pleading not guilty in the case.

Hemp Jive

Two North Dakota farmers are asking the Eigth Cicuit U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Paul to strike down the federal government's ban on commercial hemp farming, which is illegal for some reason.

Chains we can believe in

Word on the rumor mill is that Obama might tap retired Minnesota congressional Republican Jim Ramstad to head the National Drug Control Policy. Because nothing says "change we can believe in" quite ... More >>

What's Wrong with Wisconsin?

KFAN fires Dubay after drug charges

What's Wrong with Wisconsin?

What's Wrong with Wisconsin? And Minnesota?

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Herbal Remedy

Killer weed ravages suburbs, supplies of Cheetos

Strip Tease

Nudie-bar magnate denies U of M's come-hither fundraising

Par's Download Blues

The ink-stained Benedict Arnold gets his comeuppance in court

9/20 Morning Communiqué

Half Nelson: A Schoolteacher Darkly

Old-school indie subverts the inspirational classroom drama

Doobie-doobie-do

Buzzkill: State lawmakers target head shops

Tweaker madness

From Fargo to Baghdad

Drugs! Gangs! Terrorist Attacks!

Meth and the madness

Naked Ain't Sacred

Q: What do downtown LA development, 137 lbs. of cocaine, Hugh Rodham and Pardongate have to do with MPLS?

The Drug War: Back with a Vengeance

A new bill in Congressional committee would drastically increase sentences for many kinds of drug offenses

Land of 10,000 Felons

Meth use and harsher sentences are putting more Minnesotans in prison

North Side Story

This year the murder rate has doubled in north Minneapolis. What's changed? Nothing, really. That's the trouble.

Voices and Silence

It was no secret that Jason Molacek heard voices telling him to murder. Cops, counselors, his parents--they all knew. So why didn't anyone stop him before he shot his mom to death?

Ashcroft the Avenger

Two Minnesota judges return fire at the justice department

Dark Days for Camelot

Minneapolis police said they raided a natural-foods charity in search of drugs. The people they routed say the cops' real fear was their politics.

Nickeled and Dimed

Closed twice, Hard Times Cafe battles on

Where Others Fear To Tread

V.J. Smith traded his gun for a Bible a decade ago. Now he runs the night watch on Central's troubled streets. The payoff? Amazing grace and a good night's sleep.

Blow Out

Go Gopher

A University of Minnesota campus landmark faces the exterminators

The Bossen Plantation

Bossen Terrace unsuccessfully tried to evict Linda Banks (foreground) as she lay in a hospital bed. Her sister, Sandra Battle, has filed a complaint about the complex's management practices with the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department.

Welcome to Pine County

Some people think crack and furniture-stripping fumes made Chuck Strobel crazy. But it was the rural peace and quiet that drove him over the edge.

Casualties of War

The feds are reportedly weighing a major drug offensive in Minneapolis.

Friendly Fire?

The TWA incident, Contra coke, and other affairs of the Internet

The US government and the Compton-Contra connection.

Drug of Choice

Why Washington can't give up the drug war.