Psychoactive Drugs

Grannies Caravan to Washington to Tell Feds: Hands Off Medical Marijuana

Our favorite reformed pot smuggler and marijuana legalization activist, Bobby Platshorn, is at it again, with an ingenious scheme to bring the good word on maryjane to the attention of legislators and the general public. And once again he's drawing on support from an unexpected quarter of the popula ... More >>

Injured Pit Bulls Used For Dog Fighting Rescued In Indian River County

Three pit bulls and a puppy suspected of being a part of a dog fighting ring have been rescued by Indian River County police. The dogs were found at a home located at 4565 33rd Avenue in Vero Beach, and had injuries consistent with dog fighting, according to officials. When police found the dogs, ... More >>

Cathy Jordan, Florida Medical Marijuana Activist, Is Suing Manatee County Sheriff

President of the Florida Cannabis Action Network Cathy Jordan is suing Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube for wrongful conduct after cops raided the her home like a SWAT team crashing into Pablo Escobar's mansion back in February. Back on February 15, cops swarmed Jordan's home after a government e ... 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 >>

Wheelchair-Assisted Woman for Whom Bill to Legalize Weed Is Named Wins Legal Fight

Medical Marijuana Charges Against Robert and Cathy Jordan Dropped

Back on February 25, cops raided the home of president of the Florida Cannabis Action Network Cathy Jordan, like a SWAT team crashing into Pablo Escobar's mansion. See also: - Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Florida - Florida Medical Marijuana Bill Author Jeff Clemens Says "It's About Compassi ... More >>

Florida Medical Marijuana Bill Might Be Dead

It's not looking good for the the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act, a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Florida. While the Florida Legislature has gone ahead and moved forward with trying to ban bongs, the Cathy Jordan bill has yet to even get a hearing in either the House or the Senat ... More >>

Florida Medical Marijuana Bill Author Jeff Clemens Says "It's About Compassion"

Florida state Sen. Jeff Clemens introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow patients with certain qualifying medical conditions to privately and legally possess medical marijuana. The bill, named after Florida Cannabis Action Network President and ALS patient Cathy Jordan, would allow patients to ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Florida

On Monday, cops raided the home of Cathy Jordan, president of the Florida Cannabis Action Network, and seized all her pot after a government employee who was visiting a neighbor spotted some marijuana plants on her property. Turns out, Jordan has Lou Gehrig's disease and uses the marijuana as treat ... More >>

Cops Arrest Woman With Meth Hidden in Her Vagina

Alyssa Ainsworth, and her boyfriend, Ronald Stidd, were pulled over by police on West Second Street and Naranja Road in Valusia County on Friday for driving with an expired tag. But upon further inspection, an expired tag was the least Ainsworth had going against her. She was also driving with a s ... More >>

Joel Lester, Cooperating Witness in DEA's Synthetic-Pot Case, Dabbles in Kratom

Earlier this year, Joel Lester, a Canadian living in Boca Raton, saw a void that needed to be filled. Head shops and corner stores across the country had been raking in big bucks from bath salts and so-called herbal incenses, better-known as fake pot. Then the feds tossed down a blanket ban, launche ... More >>

Pot Activist Robert Platshorn: Feds Tightening Screws

Not content with locking up Palm Beach medical marijuana activist Robert Platshorn for almost 30 years, the federal government has now decided to rob him of his constitutional rights, restricting his ability to travel and enjoy free speech and assembly. They don't like him advocating drug ... More >>

Synthetic Pot's Alleged Side Effects: Punching Cops, Eating Dogs and Slashing Throats

See also "Fake-Pot Industry Comes Down From A Three-Year High"The effects of synthetic cannabinoids on the human brain are not well understood. Yet people routinely smoke this stuff, sometimes called "synthetic pot."This week's cover story on the subject describes the phenomenon, but a recently publ ... More >>

The Fake-Pot Industry Is Coming Down From a Three-Year High

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DEA Storms Synthetic Pot Distribution Centers Across Florida

See also "Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much" and "Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed"The war on synthetic drugs has gone federal, and in a big way.Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on Wedne ... More >>

Attorney Thomas Wright Blasts DEA Crackdown on Synthetic Pot; "It's Akin to Reefer Madness of Olden Days"

See also "DEA Storms Synthetic Pot Distribution Sites Across Florida" and "Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much"The Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday launched a massive nationwide campaign aimed at distributors of herbal incense, or synthetic pot. All sai ... More >>

Synthetic Marijuana, Bath Salts Banned in Dania Beach

See also "Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like A Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much" and "Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed"The Dania Beach City Commission on Tuesday evening cleared the way for a ban on selling bath salts and herbal incense, more commonly referred to as synthetic m ... More >>

Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like A Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much

I remember the exact moment I decided that I would never again smoke synthetic marijuana. I was in the shower watching my heart beat out of my chest. I wasn't panicking or anxious or very stoned, just severely uncomfortable. The muscles in my face cramped tightly. A headache bore thro ... More >>

It Was a Ruthless, Professional Hit, and It Was the Cops Doing the Shooting

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 >>

Pot Smuggler Schools Seniors on Medical Marijuana

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

​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 about Rothstein's drug use during his Ponzi expeditio ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

Key Dates in Pot History

Famous Tokers

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

Pot by the Numbers

It's Time for Florida to Legalize Pot

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

Reefer Revolution

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

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 >>

Just What the Doctor Ordered

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 >>

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 >>

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