Five-time MLB All-Star catcher Benito Santiago was “disoriented and did not know where he was at” when he was arrested next to Fort Lauderdale High School late last month, according to court documents.The former Marlins catcher, who now lives in Fort Lauderdale, was accused of hot-boxing his Mercedes, speeding, and…
Under proposed revisions to Florida law, drivers could be hit with DWI charges even if they were totally sober while they were driving, according to an interpretation by a Broward County DWI lawyer.SB 1810 is sitting in several Florida Senate committees and would revise the state’s law regarding driving under…
Though the new Florida congressional district lines haven’t been finalized, candidates for office in what will be the new 27th District are starting to mobilize — former Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, who was booted out of his District 8 office in 2010, raised more than half a million dollars between…
San Diego-based drugmaker Zogenix’s resolution for 2012: get the FDA to approve Zohydro, the first pill of pure hydrocodone.The experimental pain drug, purported to be ten times more powerful than Vicodin, is designed to release its payload of hydrocodone over an extended time. Creative addicts, however, will surely devise ways…
There are currently 50 psychoactive compounds banned by Florida as “Schedule I” substances — meaning the government doesn’t believe they have any medical use, and they’re illegal for any regular schmo to possess.State Rep. Clay Ingram would like to add 92 compounds to that list, filing legislation late last week…
If Florida’s rivers were to fill with molten gold tomorrow and a rainbow of cotton candy stretched from Key West to Gainesville over herds of running unicorns, we’d probably all think Tim Tebow did it. At least, that’s what one could deduce from the wild cheers the Denver Broncos quarterback…
Apparently trolling Gov. Rick Scott during his budget announcement yesterday was just one part of the quest for urine by the staff of the Daily Show With Jon Stewart.Now, “correspondent” Aasif Mandvi is hitting up some more law-making pee at the Capitol in, of course, the men’s room.Rep. Darryl Rouson…
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 to Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens’…
Florida residents probably know there are plenty of ways to buy prescription OxyContin over a counter. But for those bent on acquiring pills in the most shady way possible, they’re still available from street dealers. Those street pills are getting cheaper — thanks to a new formulation that makes the pills…
The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is warning that county code enforcement officers will start hunting stores that aren’t in compliance with the new ordinance requiring shops to post “visible signs” explaining that they can’t sell “smoking devices” to kids.Again, the county refuses to acknowledge that the ban is…
Despite the dismal number of signatures collected to put a medical marijuana referendum on Florida ballots next year, the chance that Floridians will be voting on a “personhood” amendment — like the one that failed in Mississippi last night — is even lower.The leader of the Florida movement for the…
Here’s the short answer: Synthetic weed isn’t illegal. Some of the chemicals that can be used to make it are illegal.The longer answer is the reason Boca Raton lawyer Thomas Wright III fields 15 to 20 cold calls per day from people who find him online, asking him whether their…
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…
The main problem with selling the false weed commonly known as “spice” — it’s illegal too.The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year-old Monica Lee, owner of the Hidden Treasure Smoke Shop in West Palm Beach, and one of her employees, 27-year-old Hope Shipley, on several felony charges.Apparently, the PBSO’s…
Here’s one way to find out your long-lost family member wasn’t murdered by a serial killer who dressed up as a clown on the weekends and buried bodies under his house — he’s been arrested ten times for marijuana possession since 2005.Noted American serial killer John Wayne Gacy buried the…
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 the consideration of state voters next year.The…
It appears as if the economy is hurting our nation’s marijuana horticulturists as well — the average price for an ounce of high-quality weed in Florida is just below $350, but South Florida is one of the most expensive regions in the state for pot.Using user-submitted statistics from Price of…
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the cause of death for 53-year-old Thomas Swindal — who died after snorting an unknown white powder from a brick he found floating in the Florida Keys — was a cocaine overdose.The autopsy results have not come back from the Miami-Dade Medical…
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 already on probation for a robbery when he was younger and was sent…
We all know that many Floridians have been getting high over the past few years, but a new report says they’ve been getting way, way too high — to the point of death.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a “morbidity and mortality” report chronicling drug overdose deaths in…
Synthetic marijuana, spice, fake weed — whatever you want to call it. It’s back.The feds but the kibosh on the nonweed a few months ago, banning the five chemicals that were producing THC-like effects.Now, manufacturers have developed a new strain for their “incense,” which includes a recipe the Drug Enforcement…
“SEA WEED.” That was Channel 7’s heading for the news of a beachside discovery of 50 pounds of pot over the weekend at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. This is as close as South Florida gets to a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — clandestine traffic by drug runners on…
