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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Fake DEA Enforcers Are 'Busting' Innocent People

    Just don't answer the phone​If a DEA agent busts you, but only takes your money and not your pot, that's a good indication that you've been duped. The real U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency told reporters that there is an international scam happening with criminals impersonating special agents as a way ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Just don't answer the phone​If a DEA agent busts you, but only takes your money and not your pot, that's a good indication that you've been duped. The real U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency told reporters that there is an international scam happening with criminals impersonating special agents as a way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Obama to Arrive in S.F. on 4/20: Potheads to Protest President

    Obama -- giving 4/20 a new meaning​For his promises not to use federal resources on raiding legal dispensaries, many medical marijuana users voted for Barack Hussein Obama in 2008, as we reported in our cover story last week. Many California medical marijuana users supported Obama for the candidat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    California: 100 Million Marijuana Plants

    You keep growing, they keep seizing​Seizures Rise Under Obama Administration as Cops Bust More Plants Than Ever.The marijuana-related headlines on Wednesday were hogged by a report, issued by a private "cannabusiness" company, that says sales of medical marijuana nationwide will top $1.7 billion t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Fiona Ma Goes Raving

    Not an actual photo'It wasn't fun per se...'​If you own enough pacifiers that you can match one to your outfit, you probably have a fairly strong opinion regarding Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, author of the "Anti-Raves Act of 2011."The San Francisco representative pulled back that legislation when it m ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Not an actual photo'It wasn't fun per se...'​If you own enough pacifiers that you can match one to your outfit, you probably have a fairly strong opinion regarding Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, author of the "Anti-Raves Act of 2011."The San Francisco representative pulled back that legislation when it m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Feds Seize Grow Equipment, Cash from Oakland Pot Factory

    Pot growers, we welcome you -- and your seized assets​Backers of Proposition 19 say their legalize-and-tax-it approach to marijuana will raise money for the strapped California government. Recent comments by U.S. attorney general Eric Holder, along with an Oct. 8 federal forfeiture filing connecte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    SOMA Pot Club Surprised to Learn of Ban on SOMA Pot Clubs

    The city would prefer HopeNet's Steve Smith -- and his buddy -- to stay right where they are. And only there.​South of Market's been a de-facto "containment zone" for medical cannabis dispensaries for a variety of reasons: The still-gritty neighborhood has cheaper rents, more vacant storefront ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    Owners Uncooperative

    Personality clashes within the cannabis movement have real-life consequences.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    San Francisco's Marijuana Arrest Totals Getting Higher

    Put out that joint, mister...​What's that smell in the air, wafting from bus stops, parks, and most any street corner? It's evidence of a cavalier attitude regarding open-air cannabis consumption: This is San Francisco, after all -- feel free to puff away freely. Or, maybe not. According to statis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Will Tea Partiers Kill Pro-Marijuana Measure?

    Fibonacci BlueSo paranoid. So uptight. So stiff. What could cure this? Hmmm...​On today of all days, marijuana is on everyone's mind. But that goes doubly for politicians: Just last week, state Democratic Party chairman John Burton told media that he and fellow Dems (like that Jerry Brown guy) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Hope You Enjoyed CMCR Report, Because That's All, Folks

    It's not news that marijuana may have healing qualities: after all, medicinal cannabis has been (sort of) the law of the land since 1996, when California voters passed Proposition 215 . Still, it was a very big deal when the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research released the results last Wednesday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Chronic City: N. California's Top Federal Prosecutor -- 'Really Not A Change At All' In Medical Pot Enforcement

    ​Ah, "guidelines." They're a little more lax than "rules," which are a little looser than "laws." When it comes to guidelines, that's their strength -- and that's their weakness. Whereas laws and rules are "broken," guidelines can simply be "ignored."That truism is abundantly illustrated by this w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Chronic City: Poll Reveals San Diegans Want To Regulate Marijuana Dispensaries, Not Eliminate Them

    Photo: Coaster420, Wikimedia CommonsMedical marijuana: Legal as long as you don't actually buy it anywhere?​It's a classic case of disconnect between public policy and public opinion. As District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis continues with her medical marijuana dispensary crackdown in San Diego, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Awesome Biking Checklist: Pump, Gloves, and $40,000 in Drug-Tainted Cash

    D'oh!​When it comes to navigating the streets of San Francisco, life isn't fair for avid bicyclists.Take the case of a Wisconsin cyclist who apparently had the ride of the century planned when, in May, he sent a FedEx package through the San Francisco airport en route to a friend's place in Eureka ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Chronic City: Feds Lighten Up On Medical Marijuana Just As L.A. Tightens The Screws

    Photo by Rotbuche, Wikimedia CommonsLet my people grow.​In a stunning bit of role reversal, law enforcement officials in dispensary-heavy Los Angeles County are gearing up for a massive mobilization against hundreds of pot shops even while the Obama administration backs away from the federal gover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Chronic City: Fresno's Freakin' -- But Marijuana Dispensary To Stay Open

    Medmar ClinicMedmar Clinic is under legal attack from the City of Fresno.​You've gotta pity the poor, put-upon city officials of Fresno. After all, they've only had 13 years to suss out Proposition 215, this newfangled medical marijuana law that's being forced upon their fair city by more progress ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Chronic City: To Tax Pot, Or Not? Oakland Votes Tuesday

    Photo: chron.ronThe color of moneyMail-in voting closes Tuesday on Measure F, a new ordinance in Oakland which would impose a special tax on sales of medical marijuana in the city's dispensaries. The measure would make Oakland the first city in the United States to have a business tax category for m ... 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 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

    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

    March 25, 2009

    Marijuana Advocate 'Flabbergasted' at DEA Raid of S.F. Dispensary

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    Medical Marijuana Still Under Fire

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    Dude, the City of Berkeley Is My Pot Dealer!

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Stoners Release Collective Sigh: Gimmicky Pot-Enhanced Snack Company Busted

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Stoners Release Collective Sigh: Gimmicky Pot-Enhanced Snack Company Busted

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    America and Marijuana: “Medicinal” My Ass

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    Messing Around with Salvia

    BummerLast week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a policy shift away from the Drug Enforcement Agency raiding marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved medical marijuana. So, it came as something of a shock that DEA agents today raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Ho ... More >>

  • News

    April 18, 2007

    The Bizarro Endorsement

    Liberal candidate may get a boost from the police organization that condemns him

  • News

    January 10, 2007

    Drive-by Reporting

    A primer for out-of-town journalists flocking to the Pelosi power story

  • News

    December 27, 2006

    Trip Fantastic

    A primer for out-of-town journalists flocking to the Pelosi power story

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Untouchable

    Half of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's lawyers have quit. But as he remains bunkered against criticism, who's minding the shop?

  • Film

    July 26, 2006

    Undercover of the Night

    Violent shootouts and dangerous love in Mann's visceral cop series update

  • News

    March 15, 2006

    Feelin' Their Thizzle

    How the culture of Ecstasy has changed as the drug moved from raves to hip hop

  • 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

    January 22, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 22, 2002

  • News

    August 21, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of August 21, 2002

  • Film

    January 3, 2001

    American High

    With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes on the unwinnable war

  • Music

    October 7, 1998

    In Heaven There Is No Beer

    Polkacide is San Francisco's longest-running musical in-joke

  • Calendar

    November 20, 1996

    The Grid

    Polkacide is San Francisco's longest-running musical in-joke

  • News

    August 21, 1996

    The Electric Clearlight Acid Mess

    The bust of LSD bagman Waldron Vorhees, aka Captain Clearlight, opens a windowpane on the city -- and on the narco-cop nincompoops

  • News

    August 7, 1996

    Dog Bites

    The bust of LSD bagman Waldron Vorhees, aka Captain Clearlight, opens a windowpane on the city -- and on the narco-cop nincompoops

  • News

    January 31, 1996

    Down by Law

    Tom Waits raises dough for pal Don Hyde's defense

  • 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.

  • Calendar

    September 27, 1995

    Laboratory Rats

    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.

  • Calendar

    August 30, 1995

    Acid House

    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

    August 30, 1995

    Acid House

    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

    July 5, 1995

    Dog Bites

    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.

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