Marijuana

Marijuana Diet? American Journal of Medicine Study Says Pot Might Be Good For You

Good news potheads: aside from the obvious legal implications, there is no reason to put down your bongs--or that full package of double-stuffed Oreos. Turns out new studies have claimed that marijuana is not only helps with cancer, but has a whole host of other health benefits, as well--including ... More >>

Five Most Important Florida Bills That Failed

The Florida Legislature is kind of like that family friend who comes and crashes your pad for two weeks, rearranges everything in your cupboards, tells you exactly what kind of person you are, and then leaves so you can live in the mess they just created. After two more quick months of politicking ... More >>

Florida Man Accused of Having Drugs in Pants, Claims Pants Aren't His

A Vero Beach man explained to an Indian River County Sheriff's deputy that the pants he was wearing where the cop found crack cocaine and marijuana were not his but were, in fact, stolen pants. "As I began to search his pockets, he stated quickly that the pants he was wearing were not his," an arre ... More >>

Michael Brewer Arrested on Drug Charges; Teen Was Victim of Burn Attack Four Years Ago

Michael Brewer, now 18, was arrested in West Palm Beach this morning on charges of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug equipment, according to the Miami Herald. Brewer was set on fire by a group of ot ... More >>

Robert Platshorn's Pot Infomercial Pulled by Orlando Station as Weed Debate Heats Up

Last month, we told you about New Times regular Robert Platshorn's latest effort to spread the word on medical marijuana. Since late 2012, the former drug smuggler turned activist has been buying up TV time on local stations for an infomercial. Provocatively titled "Should Grandma Smoke Pot?," the s ... More >>

Willie Nelson With Merle Haggard at Hard Rock Live February 7

Floridians Don't Want to Legalize Pot, Still Kind of Okay With Gay Marriage

As the rest of the nation is crawling out of the caves and embracing the legalizing of pot and same-sex marriage, Florida is still being all Florida about such things. According to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac, residents of our fine state remain split down the middle on gay marriage, while a ... More >>

Naked Marijuana Grower Attacks Police Car in Delray Beach

Delray Beach Police were called when a man was seen running around his neighborhood, and throwing random things out of his house into his outside plants. Among the things the man threw at the outside plants: a ladder, a CO2 tank, and some credit cards. Also, the outside plants were marijuana. Als ... More >>

Did "Herbal Incense" Kill Young Man?

Did Mr. Nice Guy's Relaxinol Synthetic Pot Kill Aaron Stinson?

Last September, 26-year-old Aaron Stinson sat around a friend's apartment in upstate New York drinking some beer and smoking Relaxinol, a brand of so-called "herbal incense." Manufacturers would usually stamp warning labels on these products to indicate that they were "not for human consumption," bu ... More >>

Cannabis Washes Ashore in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Every now and then, beachgoers run into debris that has washed up on shore: seaweed, jellyfish, seashells, and the occasional plastic CVS bag. And now you can add weed to that list. Early this morning, some people walking on the beach called 911 after they found 15-pound packages of cannabis in La ... More >>

Man Gets Mad At Cop For Searching His Pot Van After He Gives Cop Permission To Search His Pot Van

Islamorada cops arrested 60-year old Steven Andrews for allegedly having copious amounts of weed in the back of his van. But Andrew tried to get out of it by attempting to draw the cop in with some crazy circular logic. That, or he was probably high as balls.Deputy Luis Gomez was at mile marker 78 w ... More >>

Stephen Bradley Killed Ex-Girlfriend at Pompano Walmart, Then Himself, Police Say

Police say 27-year-old Stephen Bradley was in a relationship with 35-year-old Melissa Kaehler of Fort Lauderdale. Then they broke up. Then he killed her.The Broward Sheriff's Office just released the names of the people involved after finding their bodies Saturday morning -- police received two call ... More >>

Legalize It! Top Five Diggity-Dank Tributes to Peter Tosh's Ultimate Weed Anthem

​This Sunday, Revolution Live and Ploppy Palace Productions are hosting the 14th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit. The multimedia extravaganza lasts all day and features loads of 420-friendly jams (from the likes of Grammy winner Cyril Nevile, Johnny Drea, the Spam Allstars, the Funky Nuggets, and ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Hieroglyphics, a Poet, and a Guy Who Can't Do Anything Right

​Welcome to the inaugural post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a long-standing franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edit ... More >>

Food and Drug Pairings: Hiding Contraband Edition

kvue.com​This being Florida, drug news seems to make headlines more often than elsewhere. And the trend will likely increase as South Florida will become an even more dominant hub for drug traffic. This week The Washington Post reports that old drug smuggling routes between our state and the Carib ... More >>

Government-Supplied Marijuana Cigarettes from Miami Are Lost in the Mail

Mussika's missing medical marijuana.​Elvy Mussika is a former South Florida resident who uses medical marijuana -- grown and supplied directly by the federal government. As detailed in our October "Legalize It" issue, the government started a program in 1982 that supplied pre-rolled joints to pati ... More >>

Passenger on Allure of the Seas Gay Cruise Charged With Selling Drugs

A previous Atlantis cruise​It's been a rough few days for Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. Last weekend, a crew member on the Port Everglades-based megaship was murdered on a beach in Cozumel by a Mexican bartender; now a passenger has been charged with dealing drugs on board.Steven Krumholz, ... More >>

With Tough Pot Laws, Florida Criminals Know How to Pose

Happy Mug-Shot Monday! Today we're focusing on citizens arrested for marijuana charges. Florida has some of the most stringent marijuana laws so we wanted to see how pot-lovers look in front of the gray wall. Hint: one looks like Jesus.These mugshots are courtesy of both the BSO and PBSO.Name: Grego ... More >>

U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske: "Marijuana Is Not Medicine"

​There's a conference under way in West Palm Beach called "Rx for Change: Targeting Prescription Drug Abuse." One of the major talking points is the staggering number of accidental deaths related to prescription drug abuse: seven every day in Florida. That's more than the number of car-crash death ... More >>

Longest-Serving Prisoner in War on Weed Targets Seniors in Legalization Effort

​Doing more than 29 years in prison, Robert Platshorn was the longest-serving nonviolent prisoner in America's war on weed. He was once part of a small, homegrown smuggling outfit known as "The Black Tuna Gang." Now out of prison, living in West Palm Beach, and active in the legalization movement, ... More >>

Free Weed, and Other Ideas for a Better Pro-pot Rally

Photo by Eric BartonSabrina displays a foam finger of fun.​You're on the internet reading the blog of an alternative newsweekly, so there's a damn fine chance that you'd like to smoke a joint legally. So why were so few people at the pro-pot rally yesterday in Fort Lauderdale?Sabrina Koramblyum, w ... More >>

Florida Capital Ranks Second "Most Stoned" City in Daily Beast Poll

Honorary FSU alumni?​In honor of 4/20, now "universally known as the annual date of celebration for those with pot smoking countercultural pride," the Daily Beast has ranked the top 40 most toked-up cities across America. And it comes as only a mild surprise that our state capital, Tallahassee, sc ... More >>

Pot Grow Houses in Florida Are Deadly Business

Willie Nelson Plays Boca's Sunset Cove Amphitheater

Maher's on the Bill

Feds' New Stance on Medical Marijuana May Be Boon for West Palm-Based "GreenCard"

Flickr: captainandapants​Now that the U.S. Justice Department has committed -- at least rhetorically -- to an "efficient and rational use" of its enforcement powers against marijuana users and sellers, there's money to be made. Maybe Commerce Online of West Palm Beach will emerge as a kind-of moun ... More >>

Lauderdale Stock Broker a Tokin' Case for Fortune Article on Medical Marijuana

Flickr: Natl NORMLRosenfeld, firing one up at a NORML conference in 2007.​If anyone can convince the squares who read Fortune magazine about the medicinal qualities of marijuana, it's Irv Rosenfeld. After all, his dozen-joint-per-day habit hasn't kept him from being a successful Fort Lauderdale st ... More >>

Kottonmouth Kings

Drug Czar Nominee's Stepson Is in Broward Jail

Broward Sheriff's OfficeJeffrey Kerlikowske Gil Kerlikowske, chief of the Seattle Police Department, was introduced to the media yesterday as the Obama administration's nominee to lead the Office of Drug Control Policy. Meanwhile, his stepson Jeffrey sits in a Broward County jail cell.Jeffrey Kerlik ... More >>

Nicaraguan Pot Endorses This Post, The Donald Is a Downer, Big Ball Cuts Corners

After watching last night's Pepsi Cola-Bud Light Super Bowl, it became clear to me that everything needs an official sponsor. So today's Morning Juice is brought to you by the Nicaraguan Tourism and Marijuana Growers Cooperative. It's good timing to land that sponsor too, because they just picked up ... More >>

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Letters for July 17-23, 2008

And What's With The Royal We?

Up In Smoke

Sushi to Your Door -- Maybe

As the World Twists

Lake Pols-begone

Savior Soul

Susan Tedeschi's true blues fly in the face of commercialism

Welcome Back

Tailpipe

Reefer Silliness

Afroman

Best Head Shop

Grateful J's

Eagles of Death Metal

Peace Love Death Metal (Ant Acid Audio)

When bongs are outlawed…

Broward makes a federal case of it: No glass pipes for the kids this holiday season

Best Head Shop

Peace Pipe

Holy Rock 'n' Roller

There's plenty of room in this reverend's rockabilly revival tent

Undercurrents

An accused miscreant slips through BrowardÍs dragnet, but a pot smoker gets snagged

Beach Beat

When Chris Caulfield got stomped near South Florida's most notorious nightclub, he didn't roll over

Killer Weed

Grass leaves the viewer hungry for more

Hemp, Hemp, Hooray