Illegal Drugs

With 'Reefer Madness,' Maverick Theater Has a (Bong) Hit On Its Hands

Ed McKie Has Been Stymied in His Efforts to Create a Safe Space for Gay Meth Addicts in Santa Ana

DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to Sheriff's Department

Candy Kush Machines

The future is now; the future is Marijuana Vending Machines. Technically termed PVMs, or Prescription Vending Machines, and now available at Herbal Nutrition Center in LA, the similarity between these and candy or soda machines ends at the name. They're installed behind secure dispensary doors, only ... More >>

Wheel of Misfortune

Advocate for the disabled Charles Monson was also a medical-marijuana patient—until late last month

Hova-rated

Jay-Z’s American Gangster Proves He Ain’t All That—and Never Was

Hey, You!

Sleep Talkers

Hero or Heroin?

Alleged coup-plotter Vang Paos shady past eludes mainstream media

Letters

'Dude, what were you thinking?'

Dude, Where's My Pot?

Ten years after California legalized medical marijuana, OCs war on cannabis continues

The Bong Arm of the Law

OC Pot Crusader May Face Trial as Drug Dealer

Letters

'Im so sorry you were bored in the Tridentine mass. Im bored in Bishop Browns chintzy rock band masses with aging hippies doing modern dance in the aisles.'

Finding a Scapegoat

Nick Schou's Kill the Messenger

Trouble With Cats

How a strip-club love triangle landed an OC man in federal prison

REQUIEM FOR A DREAMGIRL

A Tale of Sex, Drugs, Dirty Copsand a Girl Who Knew Too Much

Meth Becomes Her

Kill the Messenger

Gary Webb, 1955-2004

Chronic Tension

Marvin Chavez is free. So can he please have his pot back?

This Buds for You

Marijuana: The Band fights for your right to party

The Ecstasy Factor

Bad science slandered a generations favorite drug. A new study aims to undo the damage.

After This, Tomatoes

In a better world, Dr. Philip A. Denney wouldnt have to dedicate his practice to pot

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. ROHRABACHER

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

Letters

George Bushs Joint

Rebecca Schoenkopf takes on the presidents drug war

Ring of Ire

Letters

Confessions of a Border-Jumping Drug Smuggler

Bust the Kids, Pass the Bong

Chronic Mess

Diary of a Mad County

Letters

Felony Foods

Bushs DEA criminalizes hemp foods

Marvins Garden

OC war against medical marijuana still rages

True Lies?

Ken Bucchi says he was a drug-running spook. The CIA says hes an impostor

Wake Me When the Drug Wars Over

Judge Gray pitches a sort-of legalization

Ready to Inhale

Alan Bock says the medical-marijuana war is over, and the good guys won

Post-Prop. 215 Stress Disorder

The sad fate of Orange Countys medical-marijuana movement

In a Lonely Place

Soderberghs Traffic, plus Cast Away and The House of Mirth

Kottonmouth Komrades

Music, marijuana and one bands battle for your civil liberties

Drug Stink

UCI goes deep cover to bust student for Excedrin possession

A Second Chance

Now free, OC cannabis crusader Marvin Chavez is ready to open a new front in the war on the War on Drugs

'I Am a Harvard Man'

'And I am running around in a state of euphoria'

Redemption Song

Dave Herrick's strange odyssey through the U.S. war on drugs

Hemp, Hemp Hooray!

Letters

A Gray Area

OC judge is wild card in Citizens Drug Inquiry

Cracks Back

Or perhaps it never really left

Jailbird or Lab Rat?

Medical expert says Kubby should be studied, not busted

Criminal Prosecution

Body count grows in war on medical marijuana