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  • News

    May 1, 2008

    Last Step to Redemption

    Drug counselor Richard Entriken swam a little too easily in a sea of sharks.

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    Adrianna's Fall

    A teenager's fall from a luxury high rise has left behind a mystery.

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Powerfall

    For David Lee Edwards, winning the lottery was a wild rocket ride

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Nature's Way

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    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 >>

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    January 14, 2010

    Get Up, Stand Up

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Pembroke Pines Man Busted for Driving Truck With Three Tons of Marijuana

    Flickr​Eric Emmanuel, a 35-year-old man from Pembroke Pines, is being charged in what's said to be the biggest marijuana bust in Pennsylvania history. He and Stanley Baptiste, of Winter Garden, were arrested this weekend on a stretch of freeway east of the state capital, Harrisburg. Police found 6 ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2010

    Willie Nelson Plays Boca's Sunset Cove Amphitheater

    Flickr​Eric Emmanuel, a 35-year-old man from Pembroke Pines, is being charged in what's said to be the biggest marijuana bust in Pennsylvania history. He and Stanley Baptiste, of Winter Garden, were arrested this weekend on a stretch of freeway east of the state capital, Harrisburg. Police found 6 ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Pot Grow Houses in Florida Are Deadly Business

    Flickr​Eric Emmanuel, a 35-year-old man from Pembroke Pines, is being charged in what's said to be the biggest marijuana bust in Pennsylvania history. He and Stanley Baptiste, of Winter Garden, were arrested this weekend on a stretch of freeway east of the state capital, Harrisburg. Police found 6 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Just What the Doctor Ordered

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Did Richard Lippner Give Casey DiStefano the Drugs That Killed Her?

    Casey and Rich on Valentine's Day.​The question central to a potential criminal case against Richard Lippner -- the 38-year-old Fort Lauderdale man in whose apartment both Brianna Negron, 23, and Casey DiStefano, 20, died four months apart -- will likely be whether he provided Casey the drugs that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Key Dates in Pot History

    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 >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Famous Tokers

    From an Olympic champion to an honest-to-goodness queen, everybody has smoked pot.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Pot by the Numbers

    From an Olympic champion to an honest-to-goodness queen, everybody has smoked pot.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    It's Time for Florida to Legalize Pot

    Florida has the nation's stiffest pot penalties, but everyone seems to be lighting up.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Reefer Revolution

    Here's ground zero in the battle to decriminalize pot.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    November 18, 2010

    A Hallucinogen Called Ibogaine Has Helped Addicts Kick Heroin, Meth, and Everything in Between. Is it the Trip That Does the Trick?

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Bruce Grant, Drug Czar to be Sacked by Rick Scott, is Concerned about Pill Mill Enforcement (Updated)

    ​Bruce D. Grant is the director of the governor's Office of Drug Control, and he found out by e-mail last month that Rick Scott's transition team had decided to eliminate his four-person office to save half a million dollars a year. Meanwhile, the state is still struggling to finalize the Prescrip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Federal Pill Mill Raid Shuts Pain Clinics Across South Florida

    Commercial Medical Group, one of the raided businesses.​The feds have taken note of South Florida's illegally run "pill mills," and a yearlong undercover investigation culminated in an early-morning raid today. It focused on mills that flouted prescription laws. Rounded up in the sweep was Zvi Per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Republican Pollster: 57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medicinal Pot

    A survey conducted by GOP pollster Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates -- the same firm that conducted polls for Florida Gov. Rick Scott's campaign -- found that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medicinal marijuana. Daily BruinSoon coming to a strip mall near you? ​This news ... More >>

  • Music

    March 3, 2011

    Pato Banton's to Spread Infectious Reggae Positivity at Funky Buddha

    A survey conducted by GOP pollster Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates -- the same firm that conducted polls for Florida Gov. Rick Scott's campaign -- found that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medicinal marijuana. Daily BruinSoon coming to a strip mall near you? ​This news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Man Sold Cocaine to Federal Agents; Claimed It Was Heroin.

    Cocaine costs more at the Galleria!​The "war on drugs" is ludicrous, and everyone knows it. Seldom, however, do we have as clear evidence of its ludicrosity as that which appeared today in the Sun Sentinel. According to a story by Sofia Santana, an "international druck trafficker" named Rinat Agae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    High Support For Medical Marijauna Doesn't Matter to an Anti-Weed Columnist

    ​Let's clear a few things up just in case anyone was misled by a column from the Sun Sentinel's Nicole Brochu earlier this week. Despite a recent survey that found 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana, Brochu doesn't think that it's likely to happen. "Florida isn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Charged With Growing Pot, Man Claims Medicinal Marijuana Defense -- and Wins

    Jeffrey Kennedy, with his wife, Sharon, says they've gone through "18 months of hell" since his arrest.​Prosecutors dropped criminal charges today against a Palm Beach County man who had claimed a medicinal marijuana defense in a case that could have sent him to prison for five years for growing p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    He Speak Americano

    Jeffrey Kennedy, with his wife, Sharon, says they've gone through "18 months of hell" since his arrest.​Prosecutors dropped criminal charges today against a Palm Beach County man who had claimed a medicinal marijuana defense in a case that could have sent him to prison for five years for growing p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Gov. Rick Scott Invents A Scientific Study On Drug Use During Nationally Televised Interview

    ​Now for Gov. Rick Scott's charade of the day -- making up a scientific study on drug use by welfare recipients on a nationally televised CNN interview.As you know, the governor signed H.B. 353 into law last week, requires Floridians on welfare to pass a drug test before they get their cash.On ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Boynton Beach Police Officer of the Year Arrested as Alleged Meth Salesman

    Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police2010's meth salesman cop of the year, David Britto (holding plaque).​Last year's Officer of the Year from the Boynton Beach Police Department now faces up to life in prison for meth trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Officer David ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Rick Scott Gets Told on CNN -- Again (Video)

    ​Gov. Rick Scott took his armchair president skills to CNN this morning as part of his belief that he has a say in federal government, and the CNN anchors made him look like a fool -- again.In early June, the governor went on CNN to defend his advocacy of drug-testing welfare recipients. He was as ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2011

    Elroy Phillips Dug Up Evidence From Prison, but He Still Might Not Get a Chance to Prove His Innocence

    ​Gov. Rick Scott took his armchair president skills to CNN this morning as part of his belief that he has a say in federal government, and the CNN anchors made him look like a fool -- again.In early June, the governor went on CNN to defend his advocacy of drug-testing welfare recipients. He was as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Marijuana Activists: Eric Perez Died Because of Weed Prohibition

    ​Duuuuuuuuude.There are some bong-ripping writers and opinion-givers out there who believe that Eric Perez -- the 18-year-old who died at a West Palm Beach juvie lockup last month -- died because of the prohibition of marijuana.Perez was on already on probation for a robbery when he was younger, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Welfare Drug Testing Projected to Save Millions, but Not Because People Are Failing Drug Tests

    floppingaces.net​A conservative think-tank released a study yesterday on the state's new welfare drug-testing law, championing a projection that the state will save more than $9 million in the first year of testing, after 9.6 percent of applicants didn't receive benefits due to drug testing in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    State Sen. Arthenia Joyner Files Bill to Repeal Law Requiring Pee-Testing Poor People

    floppingaces.net​State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, a Tampa Democrat, filed a bill today that would repeal the new law requiring drug testing for applicants of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.Senate Bill 284 -- the brief text of which can be found here -- would simply repeal House Bil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    David Britto Fired From the Boynton Beach Police Department

    David Britto, who's been in Brazil for nearly a month, was fired from the Boynton Beach Police Department.​Alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto has officially been fired from the Boynton Beach Police Department.Police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater tells the Pulp that the former cop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Jennifer Finch Notches Arrest Number 50; Beard Slightly Trimmed This Time Around

    Volusia County Sheriff's OfficeJennifer Finch, mug-shot take 50.​It took just over ten years, but 33-year-old Jennifer Finch managed to be arrested for the 50th time on Saturday and made her 50th trip to the Volusia County Jail.This time around, Finch was popped by the Daytona Beach Police Departm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Resolution Filed in Florida House to Let Voters Decide the Need for Weed

    sodahead.comNot quite yet.​An amendment to the Florida Constitution to legalize medical marijuana may be proposed on 2012 voter ballots, if one House Democrat gets his way.Rep. Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth has submitted House Joint Resolution 353, which would put a medical-marijuana amendment up to ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    Obama's War on Weed Represents a Strange About-Face on Medical Marijuana

    sodahead.comNot quite yet.​An amendment to the Florida Constitution to legalize medical marijuana may be proposed on 2012 voter ballots, if one House Democrat gets his way.Rep. Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth has submitted House Joint Resolution 353, which would put a medical-marijuana amendment up to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Florida Medical Marijuana Referendum Petition a Bit Low on Signatures: 646,889 More Needed

    sodahead.com​If you want to see a medical marijuana referendum on the 2012 ballot, you'll have to say a prayer that House Joint Resolution 353 passes through the Legislature -- it's currently in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee -- or you're going to have to be one of 646,889 more Floridians to si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Resolution Now in Both Chambers of Florida Legislature

    ​​​Resolutions to let voters decide on an amendment to the Florida Constitution to legalize medical marijuana have now been proposed in both chambers of the Legislature.Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard dropped Senate Joint Resolution 1028 in the hopper on Friday, becoming the Senate side ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Gary Johnson Schedules an Appearance in West Palm Beach Hosted by South Florida Tea Party

    Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson​After his polling numbers dropped this fall and he was no longer being invited to the debates with other GOP presidential candidates, the probability of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's running as the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012 looks a bit more lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Scott Rothstein: "There Was a Lot of Marijuana Smoking Going On in My Office"

    thcfinder.comApparently not the front door to RRA.​There's some pretty interesting stuff coming out of Scott Rothstein's mouth during his deposition in Miami, like his claim that the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm was full of potheads.For whatever reason, attorney Sam Rabin wanted to know abo ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Pot Smuggler Schools Seniors on Medical Marijuana

    thcfinder.comApparently not the front door to RRA.​There's some pretty interesting stuff coming out of Scott Rothstein's mouth during his deposition in Miami, like his claim that the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm was full of potheads.For whatever reason, attorney Sam Rabin wanted to know abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    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 >>

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