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    January 22, 2009

    Smoke Weed Every Day

    Nate Dogg would approve of this message.

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Salvia Sucks

    A newly illegal drug takes us on a short, bumpy trip.

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Jump-Out Boys

    Scheming snitches, dirty detectives, intrepid investigators. This ain't The Shield's Strike Team.

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Puff, Puff, or Perish

    For some, ganja is nothing to giggle about.

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2007
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    April 19, 2007
  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Our Hero the Drug Dealer

    The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    Bud Men

    Despite the risks, local pot farmers have taken homegrown high-tech

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Dynasty

    Despite the risks, local pot farmers have taken homegrown high-tech

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2009

    The Fast Lane: Championship Racecar Driver Will Do Three Years in Ecstasy Case

    Joyoendho via Flicker CCWhen it comes to the drug habits of the rich and famous, there's a thin line between hilarious and disturbing. Championship race car driver Mariusz Malyszczycki's relationship with ecstasy is something closer to entrepreneurial. The Polish speedster was busted in the middle o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Free Cheetos!

    Joyoendho via Flicker CCWhen it comes to the drug habits of the rich and famous, there's a thin line between hilarious and disturbing. Championship race car driver Mariusz Malyszczycki's relationship with ecstasy is something closer to entrepreneurial. The Polish speedster was busted in the middle o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Cocaine Blamed for Global Warming

    British Models: Your Government is concerned that your love of cocaine is killing trees, and then what will you dry hump in black lingerie?​Those of us who like to "ski" might be making it harder for those of us who want to, you know, actually ski. Apparently, members of the British Parliament are ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Letters from the issue of March 25, 2010

    British Models: Your Government is concerned that your love of cocaine is killing trees, and then what will you dry hump in black lingerie?​Those of us who like to "ski" might be making it harder for those of us who want to, you know, actually ski. Apparently, members of the British Parliament are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Legalizing Pot Will Fix the Economy

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Luke's Gospel: Legalizing marijuana will fix the economy

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Miami fails to make list of top pot-smoking cities

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Up this week, Luke makes the case for legalizing marijuana across the nation, beginning in Miami-Dade County.Off the bat, I am not a weed he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Charles Bennett Is Called "Krazy Horse" Because He's 100 Percent Normal

    C.StilesCharles "Krazy Horse" Bennett Seeks a title and an end to his madness.​When it comes to second chances, Charles Daniel Bennett Jr. will take four, five, six, and however many more he can get. Nicknamed Krazy Horse, the Ocala native has been one of the most scandalous characters to step int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Eighty Percent of Cocaine Contains Chemical That Will Rot Your Flesh

    ​We've seen some coke heads practically descend into a zombie-like state where they become completely devoid of normal human emotion and only fixate on their next fit like they were in a George Romero movie looking for brains (pure, uncut Bolivian marching brains). Well, now co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Fifteen Members of "Murda Grove Boys" Gang Arrested by FBI

    A handmade t-shirt displaying the group's insignia with guns we found on one possible members MySpace​The Murda Grove Boys are not, as their name would suggest, a horror-core boy band but actually one of Miami-Dade's most violent criminal gangs. CBS4 reports that Miami Gardens police, the FBI and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Marijuana is Not a Significant Gateway Drug Claims Study That Followed Miami-Dade Students

    ​The belief that Marijuana use will lead to dabbling in harder drugs is overblown claims a new study that followed 1,286 young adults enrolled in the 1990s in Miami-Dade public schools. Researches from the University of New Hampshire who conducted the study are now urging policy makers to reconsid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Marijuana-Food Pairings: 10 Questions With Denver Pot Critic William Breathes

    From Amsterdam​After recently writing a goofy post about imaginary pot-food pairings, I received an email from the pseudonymous William Breathes, one of two medical marijuana critics for our sister paper Westword, in Denver, Colorado. He expressed gratitude for being mentioned in the post and disa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Today In Cocaine: Ten Busted in Juarez-to-Miami Ring, Colombian Coke Lord Due In Federal Court

    ​It's already been a busy week for the drug that made Miami -- or at least for the feds' perpetual war on the white stuff. First, the DEA arrested 10 people, mostly from Miami and Hialeah, and charged them with organizing a ring shuttling coke from Juarez to South Florida.Then came word that a muc ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Weed history: A timeline

    A chronological guide to the life and times of marijuana.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Famous marijuana users

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

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Marijuana by the numbers

    To hell with Harper's. New Times gets you high.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Miami Beach's reefer revolution

    SoBe is ground zero in the battle to decriminalize pot.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Legalize marijuana in Florida

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

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    South Miami Supports Medical Marijuana

    Michael McElroy​On Monday night, the South Miami city commission took a giant leap forward in the pro-marijuana debate. Commissioners voted 3-1 to push the Florida Legislature and the federal government to authorize the medicinal use of marijuana making South Miami the first city in the state to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Rick Scott Should Follow Arizona's Lead In Favor of Medical Marijuana

    ​Considering our new governor loves Arizona's controversial immigration law so much he wants to create a similar one in Florida, we think Rick Scott should also consider the Grand Canyon state's acceptance of medical marijuana. By a slim margin, voters said yes to Proposition 203 on November 2, ma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Joints for the Sick

    ​Considering our new governor loves Arizona's controversial immigration law so much he wants to create a similar one in Florida, we think Rick Scott should also consider the Grand Canyon state's acceptance of medical marijuana. By a slim margin, voters said yes to Proposition 203 on November 2, ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Study Claims Ecstasy Doesn't Damage Brain (No Wonder Ultra Sold Out)

    Photo by Ivon David RojasA reveler at Ultra Music Festival. ​Miami's credentials as a cocaine capitol are well established, but for that last weekend every March during the Ultra Music Festival, it's no secret an extravaganza of ecstasy use takes hold of the city. Now, one of the largest studies i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Buju Banton Found Guilty in Cocaine Case

    ​Despite a triumphant concert in Miami and a Grammy win within the last few months, Buju Banton's dark days are not behind him. After an initial trial on drug charges was declared a mistrial, Banton has been found guilty of conspiring to set up a Florida cocaine deal back in 2009.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana

    ​With 14 states and the District of Colombia allowing the legal medical use of marijuana, acceptance of the issue is steadily growing in America. A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot as s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Democratic Rep. Pushes for Amendment to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Florida

    ​With a recent poll showing 57 percent of Floridians favoring legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, state Rep. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) has introduced a resolution to put an amendment on the 2012 ballot that would do just that. Clemens claims that the move could bring in $5 to $12 million ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    High Times

    ​With a recent poll showing 57 percent of Floridians favoring legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, state Rep. Jeff Clemens (D-Lake Worth) has introduced a resolution to put an amendment on the 2012 ballot that would do just that. Clemens claims that the move could bring in $5 to $12 million ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Tallahassee Is America's Pot-Smoking Capital, Miami Isn't Even On the List

    ​Tallahassee is not only the political capital of Florida, but also apparently the pot-smoking capital of America. Surprisingly, Miami, most often associated with drugs, doesn't even make the Daily Beast's list of Mary Jane-loving cities. Then again, maybe it's not much of a surprise that college ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Mugshots Friday: Mr. Babyhair, Future Justin Bieber and a Cranium Tarantula

    ​​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Tyler Hadley Was on Ecstasy When He Killed His Parents; Can MDMA Cause You to Kill?

    ​A new druggy detail has emerged in the shocking case of Tyler Hadley, the Florida teen who killed his parents with a hammer over the weekend and then threw a party in their house: Hadley's best friend now tells the media that the teen claimed he was high on ecstasy when he bludgeoned his parents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    South Miami Commissioner Walter Harris Stood Outside Miami Beach City Hall With a Giant Marijuana Sign

    ​It's not often you see a commissioner from one Miami-Dade municipality protesting outside another's city hall. Yet that's exactly what South Miami Commissioner Walter Harris did when he recently carried a poster board depicting a giant marijuana leaf outside Miami Beach City Hall. Harri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2011

    Big Boi Busted For Two Different Kinds of Ecstasy and Viagra in Miami

    ​TMZ is reporting that rapper and one half of OutKast, Big Boi (AKA Antwan Patton), has been arrested in the Magic City.The charges are three counts of possession of a controlled substance (MDMA, Ecstasy and...Viagra?) and one count of drug paraphernalia. All four charges are felonies in Miami-Dad ... More >>

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    October 20, 2011

    $7.6 Million Worth of Pot Seized at Port of Miami

    ​U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they haven't made a huge pot bust at the Port of Miami for months, but sometimes you just have to wait. Authorities report they discovered 3,837 pounds of marijuana, nearly two tons, stuffed inside shipping containers at the port last Friday.

  • 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

    November 18, 2011

    Stynx, Shark Teeth, and the Funnest Guy at the Racetrack

    ​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Amendment Gets Sponsor in Florida State Senate

    ​The first steps towards the possibility of legalizing medical marijuana in Florida are underway. Last month State Rep. Jeff Session, a Democrat from Lake Worth, introduced a resolution that would allow Floridians to vote on the matter in 2012. Now, state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, a Miami Democra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    How I Met Your Mother, Who Also Had a Slit Throat Tattoo

    ​Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Florida Senate and House

    ​Miami-area State Sen. Larcenia Bullard has fired up a big ol' blunt of legislative reform this morning, as her proposal to give Florida voters a chance to legalize medical marijuana was introduced in the Senate. Bullard's bill joins a similar proposal by Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens in the House ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Medical Marijuana's Unlikely New Florida Savior Is 64-Year-Old Larcenia Bullard

    via Florida SenateThe new face of Florida pot reform.​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the princ ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Medical marijuana's unlikely Florida hero is 64-year-old Larcenia Bullard

    via Florida SenateThe new face of Florida pot reform.​If you'd told Larcenia Bullard 35-years ago - back when she was teaching school kids for a living -- that she'd one day use her lofty platform as a Florida state Senator to advocate for marijuana reform, she would have banished you to the princ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Don't Set Up a Growhouse Next Door to a School Like These Three Kendall Men

    ​If you're going to take the risk of setting up an illegal marijuana growhouse, it's best to take just the littlest bit of caution and make sure that growhouse isn't directly next door to a school where kids as young as kindergarteners study.Three Miami men weren't so smart and set up shop right a ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Pot smuggler schools seniors on medical marijuana

    ​If you're going to take the risk of setting up an illegal marijuana growhouse, it's best to take just the littlest bit of caution and make sure that growhouse isn't directly next door to a school where kids as young as kindergarteners study.Three Miami men weren't so smart and set up shop right a ... More >>

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