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Blogs
April 26, 2013
Sheriff's Office Makes Busts at Two Game Rooms
Harris County Sheriff's investigators seized cash, drugs, weapons, and gambling devices from two allegedly illegal game rooms in southwest Harris County Thursday, according to a press release. Acting on a tip, members of the HCSO's Game Room Task Force (a whole task force, yo!) seized the loot -- w ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2013
Horror for Bath-Salt Buffs: DEA Acts Against Synthetic Stimulants Used in Vanilla Sky, Bliss, Ivory Wave & Purple Wave. Oh, They Acted Against Fake Weed, Too
The Drug Enforcement Administration took steps today against synthetic stimulants and cannabinoids So if that little froggie pictured above used synthetics to get the sly semi-smile look some drug users get when they finally figure out the world (only to eventually forget what it was that had occur ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2013
HPD Officers Arrested for Shady Coke Dealings, Face Life Imprisonment
The coke game was kind to Houston Police Department officers until Sunday when the two 26-year-olds were arrested when they reported for duty. Emerson Canizales of Kingwood and Michael Miceli of Humble have been accused of accepting $1,000 bribes and smuggling five kilos of cocaine with an intent ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2012
Rockport Meth Trailer Yields Strong Ice; Pit Bull Killed in Raid
A pit bull is dead and three people have been arrested after a police raid on a Rockport meth house. According to KIII-TV, police found more than $1,000 and eight grams of high-grade ice hidden in an Altoids can and a pill bottle inside the trailer home. Elizabeth Martinez, 44, Sean Lee Harrison, ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2012
Lindsay Ann Grice: Accused Klein Meth Cook Advertises Business on LinkedIn, Faces Arson Charge After Friend Is Burned in Explosion
New charges have been filed in connection to a Klein meth fire that sent one man to the hospital with critical injuries and two others to jail. Harris County Sheriff's deputies arrested Lindsay Ann Grice, 25, and Thurman Lee Hall, 37, back on May 24 after a pot of what they allege was meth exploded ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2012
7Horse's "Meth Lab Zoso Sticker" Hits Radio Brick Wall
7Horse playing their AAA Top 40 single "Low Fuel Drug Run" A 20-year member of Los Angeles rock ensemble Dada, drummer Phil Leavitt is no newcomer to the music business. Leavitt and Dada bassist Joie Calio formed their own band 7Horse last year, and dropped the hard-rocking debut, Let the 7Horse Ru ... More >>
Blogs
August 22, 2012
24 Arrested, 14,000 Pot Plants Seized In Three-County Illegal Growing Operation
Two dozen people have been arrested and close to 14,000 pot plants seized in a crackdown on a three-county growing operation, federal officials announced today. Investigators raided nearly 60 properties in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties Tuesday, two-thirds of which contained active hydro ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2012
Bahram Arabpour: Austin-area Realtor Busted Here With Almost Two Pounds of Opium.
More evidence that Houston has arrived as a world-class city: it is now apparently the kind of town where you can get your hands on large quantities of opium. Yes, if Harris County Court records are to believed, Houston is now a market for the same "celestial drug" that in 1822 Thomas De Quincey rh ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2012
Congress Gets Tougher On K2, "Spice" & Other Synthetic Pot
The Drug Enforcement Agency has announced that the House and Senate have reached a compromise that will make it tougher to get K2, "Spice" and other forms of synthetic marijuana. Twenty-six drugs, most of them used in creating synthetic pot, have been added to Schedule I, meaning they have been fou ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Steven Cox: This Close To Not Getting Busted With 30 Pounds of Weed
Steven Cox used to be a jailer for Galveston County, but left that job for the greener pastures of working for a Dollar General store. He's back in the jail business now, but on the other side of the bars. He was arrested for possession of 30 pounds of marijuana in a case where it sounds like he al ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Darlene Mayes: Shocking New Details in Oklahoma Ganja Granny Case
If you want to make it as a writer in Hollywood, you have to hone your ideas into "elevator pitches," short descriptive bursts that can intrigue the big cigars between floors in office buildings. The case of Darlene Mayes is an easy one: Weeds meets Breaking Bad meets Golden Girls, with a Shakespea ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
Incredible Medibles: The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook, Part 2
The one thing that The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook doesn't tell you is that making medibles is a smelly process. Measurements in the brand-new cookbook are accurate if disjointed -- going from ounces to grams to cups in one recipe, for example -- and the recipes are reliably good. Many of ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Incredible Medibles: The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook, Part 1
"Ancient people almost exclusively ate their cannabis, saving seeds for food, and using the resinous flowers for medicinal, recreational, and spiritual use," the introduction to the new The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook tells us in its fascinating introduction to humanity's long history of e ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
TCU Football Players Are in a Drug Ring -- "Big Time" Football Hits Fort Worth
Ladies and gentlemen, your TCU Stoned FrogsIn January 2010, TCU finally made it to a BCS bowl game when they played the Boise State Broncos. The Horned Frogs lost that game 17-10, so any feeling that they hit the "big time" had to be somewhat muted. So the next season, not only did the Horne ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Hammer Time: The Social Network Actor Busted at Border for Pot Brownies
The Texas border is a rather notorious place when it comes to drugs and people trying to cross into the United States carrying them. In fact, both Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg were busted in the exact same location, Sierra Blanca. Traditionally, these drugs are found in the vehicle of the accused or ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Christmas Catfight Lands Mom and (Alleged) Meth-Peddling Daughter Behind Bars (w/VIDEO)
Trinity County Constables OfficeBrandy Liles: Now facing another felony, on top of two from her earlier case.A woman charged with meth possession earlier this month is behind bars again after she and her mother were filmed beating a woman they suspected had been working with the police. Acc ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2011
Morris "Big Boy" Jones: Luck Runs Out for (Alleged) Westside Fence
According to court records, police already had Morris "Big Boy" Jones over a barrel when they rolled up outside his Katy home. A criminal complaint shows they had already seized more than $30,000 worth of stolen Palais Royal threads from his storefront way out Clay Road. And when police went to visi ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
How Not to Turn Yourself in for Arrest When High
I turned myself in, for something I didn't do, 'cause I got hiiiiiiiggggh.If you have a warrant or two for your arrest, it's a good idea to go ahead and turn yourself in. That way you get to pick when you are detained, and not the boys in blue, who might just haul you in at a very inconvenien ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Chicago Bears WR Sam Hurd Has a Ring...a Drug Ring!
The Stringer Bell School of Entrepreneurship.I remember former Houston Texans (and now Washington Redskins) wide receiver David Anderson telling me a couple years ago about a program that the NFL offered players in which they could travel to prestigious universities during the off season and ... More >>
News
November 17, 2011
Texas Tweakers
James "Bull" Durham burned down his mother's house while cooking meth. In Angelina County, the jail is full of guys like him..
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Darren Aronofsky's Meth Ads: Anti-Drug PSAs That Actually Might Work
Last week, we posted a list of anti-drug commercials that not only didn't stop any children from doing drugs, but potentially encouraged such abusing behavior. The famed PSA one-liner, "I learned it from watching you," probably made more kids of the '80s wish they were rolling doobies with th ... More >>
News
October 20, 2011
Obama's War on Weed
In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Gary Robert Watson, Bentley-Driving Alleged Heights-Area Coke Dealer, Goes Down in Target Parking Lot Bust
The Bentley is goneUp until September 16, Gary Robert Watson was living pretty large. He had the swanky condo in the Sawyer Heights development overlooking the Heights Target. Every day he drove a 2006 Bentley into the garage, and on his thick wrist the giant of a man rocked a $3K Breitling. ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2011
HPD Sting Snags HBU Cop with Coke
A three-year veteran of the Houston Baptist University police force has been fired and now faces first-degree felony drug charges after the Houston Police Department caught him in a sting operation yesterday. According to the Harris County District Attorney's office, HPD had received a tip that an ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Gilmore Cox: Lufkin Man Gets 35 Years and 20 Years on Seperate Meth Charges
An unhappy Gilmore CoxGilmore Cox had a bad day in court on Wednesday. After pleading guilty last month to charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of transport chemicals with intent to manufacture, Angelina County district court judge Barry Bryan sentenced him to 35 yea ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2011
Cops Raid Northwest Side Barber Shop, Find Stupefying Quantity and Variety of Drugs
This is almost as freaky as GoodfellazMy oh my the Goodfellaz Master Barber Shop certainly did live up to it's gangster-iffic name, if a court document Hair Balls obtained is to be believed. On August 4, a gang/narcotics investigation culminated with a raid on the North Houston Rosslyn Road ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Leslie Aikens: HPD Cop Indicted for Drug-Running, Taking Bribe
Leslie Aikens: Allegedly dealing cokeThe feds unsealed an indictment today against a 19-year veteran of the Houston police force accused of drug trafficking and taking a $2,000 bribe. Leslie Aikens, 46, was arrested at the end of his shift today. He is charged with aiding and abetting the p ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Feds Bring Down Hammer on Lufkin Meth Trade
In two distinct actions, federal authorities have indicted 17 East Texans on over 200 counts of crimes related to the crystal methamphetamine trade in and around Lufkin. You just might be hearing this song all over town this week: In the first action, the Lufkin Daily News has reported that a fed ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Dennis Hollifield: Guns, Toddlers and Showing Cops Where He Keeps His Meth
Photos Montgomery County Police ReporterDennis Hollifield: Dazed and confused.Dennis Eugene Hollifield of (naturally) Splendora looks like Robert Plant coming off a wild night, but he shows none of Plant's ability in Led Zeppelin's heyday to explain away the occasional guns-and-drugs episode ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2011
That's a Whole Lotta Weed, Son: 1,700 Pounds of Marijuana Seized in Ft. Bend County
"Mike" from the K-9 unit looking awfully smug...or stoned.So, there you are, rolling down the highway in your tractor trailer filled with weed one minute, just minding your own business, and the next minute, you are busted by a drug sniffing dog. Mama said there'd be days like this. Apparent ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Ron Paul Wants Feds' Hands Off Your Weed
Ron Paul and Barney Frank, probably discussing PhishIt takes a big issue to get US Reps Barney Frank and Lake Jackson's Ron Paul leading the fight together, but they have found one: Weed. Paul and Frank and four other Democrats (only one of whom has a last name that's also a first name) are ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2011
"Driving While Taking Upskirt Pictures" Lands East Texas Pair in Pokey
Photos Angelina County JailApril Peeples in front of the cameras again.It sounds like May 17 was a busy day for Angelina County sheriff Kent Henson. While he was at the scene of a meth lab bust, his radio crackled with news of a burglary in progress nearby, so he hopped in his car and sped of ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2011
Tania Katrisse Ellington: Sheriff's Deputy's Wife Pleads Guilty to Knowing He Was Helping An Ecstasy Ring
Husband-and-wife jailbirdsThe wife of a former Harris County Sheriff's deputy has pled guilty to knowing about how her husband was helping to run an Ecstasy ring, a lesser charge than the original one she faced of aiding and abetting that enterprise. Tania Katrisse Ellington, 32, admitted gu ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Houston's NORML Chapter Pees on the DEA in Protest
It's not likely to rank up there with the great protests of all time, but it has been documented forever. Members of the Houston chapter of NORML gathered outside the regional offices of the Drug Enforcement Agency yesterday to protest what they say is the agency's habit of killing pets while makin ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Montgomery County Cops Take Down Motel Meth Lab In New Caney
She's 34...THIRTY-FOUR!Acting on a tip, Montgomery County Constables took down a "shake and bake" meth lab in a New Caney motel in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Arrested were 34-year-old Kerry Lee Datray, of Cleveland, and 38-year-old Wayne Paul Walters of Lufkin. Each was charged manu ... More >>
News
November 18, 2010
Shock the Junkie
Is ibogaine really an addict cure-all?
Blogs
October 28, 2010
Pot Group Offers $10K Reward For Disproving Weed Is Less Dangerous Than Alcohol
Less safe than alcohol? Disprove it and $10K is yoursSafer Texas is a group that doesn't like alcohol, at least compared to marijuana.They say they work "to address increasing concerns that our laws prohibiting the marijuana market are sending a dangerous message to the public that alcohol is mo ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2010
Geroge Wesley Ellington: Sheriff's Deputy Indicted For Moonlighting As Security For Ecstasy Dealer
Rave on, with the help of the Harris County Sheriff's OfficeHarris County Sheriff's deputies moonlight all the time, providing security for local businesses.Including ecstasy dealers, apparently.A federal grand jury indicted a sheriff's deputy for selling criminal information to a ecstasy dealer ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Marijuana Laced Soda: Dixie Elixirs, The Anti-Red Bull
dixieelixirs.comMedicinal marijuana is legal in 14 states, and it's big business. Earlier this month the New York Times reported on the financial boom from medicinal marijuana ads in Colorado, citing our sister publication in Denver and Village Voice Media's COO, Scott Tobias:
Blogs
August 3, 2010
Medical Marijuana Group Starts In Texas, We Think
Image from disinformationIt's possible an announcement was madeOur sister blog, Toke of the Town -- the number one site for all weed-related news on the net -- reported yesterday on the founding of a new group seeking to make medical marijuana legit in Texas.Lots luck with that, fellas.There's an ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Brian Bledsoe And Esther Sustaita: Home-Grilled Meat Spells Doom For Bryan Pair's Alleged Motel Drug Spree
Photos courtesy BCSOBBQ at the hotelBrian Bledsoe and Esther Sustaita had made all the arrangements, and their alleged Tuesday evening drug bender was going well. They had rented a room at the Travel Lodge on Bryan's Texas Avenue, and the pharmaceutical cornucopia they had on hand would have (mil ... More >>
News
May 27, 2010
Rice's Baker Institute on Drugs
KPFT recordings to be archived there.
Blogs
May 17, 2010
The James Baker Institute Embraces Drugs
Photo by Chris CurryDean BeckerWhen talking publicly about illegal drugs and butting heads with the U.S. government over its prohibitionist policies, respect is hard to come by.Over the years, though, local Houston radio host Dean Becker has earned high regard for getting top-tier guests and hav ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Same Crap, Different County: Another Small Texas Town Overpunishes Another Piddly Drug Offender
Photo courtesy DEAA lot more crack than Melvin Johnson hadThink 35 years for a brick or so of pot is bad?Try this one on for size... In a case one local defense attorney has said showed "shades of Tulia," a Bay City man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for possessing 1.3 grams of crack.Melvin ... More >>
News
January 7, 2010
Weed Takes Root
Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide.
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Edinburg Police Foiled In Attempt To Give Pot To State Prison Inmates, Apparently
They do things different down in the Valley. Like, if you're a police department, you donate some marijuana to inmates at the local state prison.Oh sure, Edinburg police are saying it was all a mistake, and no way did they intend to give 25 pounds of pot to inmates by cleverly concealing it in a ... More >>
News
February 1, 2007
How to Hide Your Weed
An ex-cop from East Texas decides to switch sides
News
June 15, 2006
Feel My Pain
A reporter goes after the online drug business and gets wasted
Dining
September 21, 2000
Fun with Mick and Mary Jane
Speaking off the toque: Mickey Kapoor
News
February 25, 1999
Cop vs. Cop
Police officers don't complain about other officers -- or else.
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