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Illegal Drugs

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Chronic City: Just The Marijuana Facts, Doc. No, Wait -- The REAL Facts.

    Federal Art ProjectThe truth will set you free.Medical advice "City Bright" Doc Gurley published a column over at SFGate purporting to be the latest, bias-free, data-based information on marijuana. On the face of it, that's a great and laudable idea; we'll agree there is, indeed, a "desper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Chronic City: After Further Review, Smoking Pot Doesn't Make You Crazy -- Blimey!

    oldies.comWhich came first, the lunatics or the grass? The time-honored notion of reefer madness, given new life recently in the British tabloid press, has taken another hit from reality. Widespread marijuana use by the public has not been followed by a proportional rise in diagnoses of schizophreni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Red, White, and Stoned: Fire Crackers and Other Ganja Treats for the Fourth

    thcblog.com Fire Crackers: clang! honk! tweet!What could be more American? It's no secret that lots of folks will choose to celebrate the 233rd anniversary of the founding of the U.S.A. by creating a few ganja-generated mental fireworks of their own. Many of us have at some point made a bat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Chronic City: Court Says Patients Can Collectively Grow Medical Marijuana

    photobucket.comOfficer, release that plantSome rural sheriff's departments still haven't really come to terms with the fact that medical marijuana is now legal in California, despite having had since 1996 to adjust to the concept. But in a landmark ruling, an appellate court today protected the righ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Chronic City: Oh, Noes! Fewer Narcs! Budget Crisis Could Mean Fewer Drug Busts.

    Is it game over for the state's narcotics officers? California's budget crunch could cut almost a third of the agents from the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, according to Attorney General Jerry Brown.Budget negotiators, facing the financial meltdown of the state treasury, have proposed lopping $20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Chronic City: California, Cannabis, and Cancer -- Cause for Concern?

    norml.orgCancer cure, or cause?When the bureaucrats over at the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) classified marijuana smoke as a carcinogen last Friday, it predictably made headlines worldwide. But how much does the classification really mean, and should medical us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Chronic City: Medical Marijuana Group Gets $139,000 In Attorneys Fees From Garden Grove; City Spent $250K In Legal Battle over $200 Worth of Pot

    wikimedia.orgLeggo my indo.Will grass get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no grass? National medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) may not have to find out, as it just received $139,000 for attorney fees by the City of Garden G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Chronic City: Let's Vote On It -- Marijuana Legalization May Be On 2010 Ballot

    Photobucket.comTo put a new twist on an old saw, desperation is often the mother of invention. When a person, or a state, is in dire straits, it's often an opportunity for the kind of epochal change that, at other times, might not be considered.That's where we are right now with marijuana law reform ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Chronic City: Dispensary Operator Charlie Lynch Gets 366 Days In Federal Prison

    Reason.tvCharles Lynch In a courtroom crowded with spectators and supporters, Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles Lynch was sentenced today in federal court to one year and one day in prison.Lynch, 47, appeared this morning in the Los Angeles federal courtroom of U.S. District Judge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Mark Leno Introduces 'Joint Resolution' Urging End to Crackdowns On Medical Pot. We Are Not Making This Up.

    Sen. Mark Leno today announced he has introduced a "joint resolution" to end the federal crackdown on medical marijuana use in California. While this is a matter of serious legislation, one can't help but notice the howler of a marijuana-related "joint" resolution. Leno's spokeswoman, Ali Bay, confi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Chronic City: Getting It Wrong -- What's The Press-Enterprise Been Smoking?

    familydocs.orgDr. Tom Bent, president, California Academy of Family PhysiciansRiverside newspaper the Press-Enterprise reported yesterday that "observers don't expect a flood of applicants for medical marijuana cards" even though challenges by San Diego and San Bernardino counties to California ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Chronic City: Yes, I'm A Medical Marijuana Patient. No, I'm Not Sorry.

    Not bad medicine...There are many among us who obviously harbor some enormous moral judgments about marijuana and about those who legally use it as medicine -- as if we should somehow feel guilty about the relief that is afforded us through using this herb.As a legal medical marijuana patient myself ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Chronic City: An End To The War On Drugs -- Impossible Dream? Political Ploy? Or Inevitable?

    Gil KerlikowskeNew White House Drug Czar and former Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske didn't wait long before making big waves as the top drug enforcement officer in the country.  In his first public appearance since being confirmed on May 7, Kerlikowske, in a new interview with the Wall Str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Supes Condemn Raid on San Francisco Pot Club, Call For DEA to Mellow Out

    Fair enough, it was somewhat lost in the glare of our governor -- once caught on film wearing a shirt emblazoned with the sentence "Arnold Is Numero Uno" while smoking a joint and eating a massive piece of cake -- said he's open to debate on marijuana legalization. But, yesterday, a resolution passe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Chronic City: 10 Years For Medical Marijuana -- This Has Got To Stop

    HR95.orgBryan EpisWhen Californians voted to legalize medical marijuana under Proposition 215 almost 13 years ago, it's a safe bet that not many of them were expecting such prosecutions would continue well more than a decade later. But that's exactly what is happening, thanks to the Drug Enforcement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Chronic City: Seeds of Change -- Marijuana Going Mainstream

    Two major new polls underscored a fact many of us already know: When it comes to marijuana, the political ground is shifting underneath our feet - and the change is picking up momentum as it goes.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Mirkarimi Jumps on the Marijuana Express -- and Our Bowl Runneth Over

    Try San Francisco-brand medical marijuana!Coming on the heels of Tom Ammiano's marijuana legalization bill in the Assembly, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Tuesday proposal that San Francisco jump into the medical pot dispensary game was a bonanza for media types and marijuana nay-sayers: Everyone got t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    US Attorney Spars with Hastings Law Students Over Pot Laws

    The most compelling question from the Hastings panel on pot: How could two guys with such different opinions on marijuana think so similarly about fashion? Was this planned?Hastings law students with the munchies and a keen interest in how changes in federal priorities on marijuana enforce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Groovy: Marijuana Advocates Ecstatic About Attorney General's New Pot Policy -- See Boost for Ammiano Legalization Bill

    Supporters of legal marijuana -- medical and otherwise -- will be racking their brains to find some way to celebrate a potentially groundbreaking drug policy change announced by Attorney General Eric Holder today.In short, the AG said Justice will only target those "who violate both federal and stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Former S.F. Supe Silver Resigns From Sheriff's Department, Cites Desire to Legalize Drugs -- ALL Drugs

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    The Druglord Connection: From the Windy City to Your Very Neighborhood!

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Who Can Get Away With Selling Pot Sweets? The Candy Man Can't.

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Oaksterdam University: Yes, It's For Real

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    Dude, the City of Berkeley Is My Pot Dealer!

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Medical pot can get you fired, court says

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    Up in Smoke, For Real: State Bums Out Millions of Stoners

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Wonders of Cannabis Festival Somehow Different From Every Other Day In SF

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    Week of September 26-October 2, 2007

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    America and Marijuana: “Medicinal” My Ass

    Carol Ruth Silver has sued for peace in the War on DrugsThe old commercial used to show an egg sizzling in a pan and note "This is your brain on drugs -- any questions?" We always wondered how they knew we like our brains sunny-side up. But former San Francisco Supervisor has a better question -- wh ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Stop Snitching

    Medical pot activists haze the traitors who ratted out Ed Rosenthal

  • Home Entertainment

    April 26, 2006

    To Each Theron

    Medical pot activists haze the traitors who ratted out Ed Rosenthal

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Bait and Snitch

    Lying under oath, threatening witnesses, revealing the names of federal agents -- it's just another day on the job for one of the DEA's paid drug informants

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Dumb as a Potted Plant

    Why is someone as smart as Mark Leno sponsoring genuinely stupid legislation to legalize hemp cultivation?

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of July 9, 2003

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Hey, Man, Got Any ID?

    Why the Legislature shouldn't extend the city's medical marijuana identification system statewide

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 22, 2002

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    High Quality

    If the city starts growing and selling its own dope, will it be any, uh, good?

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from March 7, 2001

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from February 28, 2001

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Burning Questions

    How "prescription mill" doctors and indiscriminate pot clubs threaten the well-being of legitimate medical marijuana patients

  • News

    February 14, 2001

    Smoke and Smearers

    Potheads distort the record -- and endanger the justice system -- as they try to recall the Marin DA

  • Film

    January 3, 2001

    American High

    With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes on the unwinnable war

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Little Victories

    Tenderloin residents win a lawsuit, lose a neighborhood store

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    The Housing Authority's Dirty Dozen

    Twelve convicted drug dealers and other major felons have recently been employed by the San Francisco Housing Authority. But are there even more criminals on the public payroll?

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    Trial by Liar

    The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.

  • News

    October 15, 1997

    Father Knows Bud Didn't Use Heroin

    How a false rumor of drug use dogged the life and career of actor Billy Gray

  • News

    March 20, 1996

    Drugs, Politics, and Money

    The medical-marijuana movement is riled by the generosity of a pro-legislation PAC

  • News

    November 29, 1995

    Drug Story (Part I)

    Discovered by brain researchers in the early '60s and resurrected by bodybuilders in the late '80s, the semi-illicit compound GHB is now marketed on the club and smart-drug circuits as a sexy wonder drug. But beware GHB's knockout punch.

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    C.R.U.S.H. (Part I)

    Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the

  • News

    August 30, 1995

    Acid House

    Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the

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