Marijuana

Irving Police Arrested Four Men for Carrying 1,700 Pounds of Marijuana in Their U-Haul

On Monday, Irving police investigators were tipped off that a U-Haul truck containing a sizable batch of drugs was parked somewhere inside the city. They found the truck in front of a closed business on Irving Boulevard, so officers set up shop, hanging back and watching to see if someone would show ... More >>

If Freakin' Oklahoma Can Go Soft on Pot, Surely Texas Can, Too

Every week, managing editor Patrick Williams disappears into his office and reemerges a cranky, nicotine-addicted, third-person-referring superhero we like to call Buzz. The message that rolled into our inbox earlier this week was upbeat. A "juggernaut of marijuana bills" is rolling its way through ... More >>

A Man Was Caught Trying to Smuggle 75 Pounds of Weed Through DFW Airport

Adrelos Sanchez Waters drew suspicion as soon as the woman at the baggage check-in counter in McAllen, Texas, all of seven miles from the Mexican border, checked in his two pieces of luggage. They were heavy, much too heavy to just contain clothes and toiletries. She contacted McAllen police, who i ... More >>

Two Texas Lawmakers Have Filed Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana

If you don't know anything about Elliott Naishtat, you can go here, where you'll learn that he likes to color with crayons, wears the same shirt every July 4, is pretty sure he'd make a fantastic president and loves buffets. He's also a Democratic state representative from Austin who, though it's n ... More >>

Blah, Blah, Blah -- Some Slippery Slope Blather About Marijuana Legalization

This is just between us libtards, OK? The rest of you, if you don't mind, could we have the room for a minute? You might want to step outside, check on your Tea Party stuff, see if any immigrant babies are making dirty bombs in your vicinity, something like that. We'll be just be a minute. Great. Se ... More >>

Colorado Bound? It'll Be a Bit Before the State's New Marijuana Law Takes Effect.

Let's just cut to the chase: At least 14 months. That's how long it will be before the first retail non-medical marijuana store in Colorado, our friendly neighbor to the northwest, might open. Not that anyone is counting. Looks like the nearest big town to Texas on an interstate in Colorado is Tri ... More >>

The Feds Unraveled a Large Dallas Drug Ring After Being Invited Into a Weed-Filled House

It was a sweltering afternoon in early July when several DEA agents and police officers showed up at the house at 1215 Lebanon Avenue, a tiny, burnt-orange home fronting some railroad tracks in Oak Cliff. They weren't sure what to expect. It was just a friendly knock-and-talk, meaning they had no wa ... More >>

Drugs! Laughs! Prison!

Sam Hurd's Cousin, Who May Have Inadvertently Tipped Feds to Former Cowboy's Drug Dealing, Arrested in San Antonio

The federal government has already accused Sam Hurd, a Dallas Cowboys receiver until a year ago, of being caught with a kilo of cocaine while trying to buy a lot more in an attempt drug-dealing network. Because a man's got to live, right? How can a guy feed his family on a $5.15 million, three-year ... More >>

Art Ball, Erykah Badu and Rio Room Converged For a Weekend Worth the Hangover

This past weekend in Dallas, you couldn't turn a corner without hitting a valet stand or a liquor sponsor. Between the Dallas Art Fair, the Dallas International Film Festival, and the ongoing calendar of concerts, weeklies and openings, I hope you found yourself at the open bar of at least one of th ... More >>

Welcome to the Human Brain: Erykah Badu at The Granada

Erykah Badu & the Cannabinoids Granada Theater Friday, January 20 First of all, props to Erykah Badu for putting on close to a two-hour show while wearing those boots. Those amazing white boots with a stiletto heel that looked like modified ice skates and haunted my dreams. Just after midnight, fol ... More >>

Erykah Badu & The Cannabinoids

Friday, January 20, at the Granada Theater

The Long Arm Sees All: Ten Musicians Arrested in Texas

When Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for marijuana possession at a border checkpoint outside El Paso last week, the world reacted with shock and disbelief. We had no idea this beacon of sobriety -- the same guy who penned "Smoke Weed Everyday" - could act so out of character. Of course, Texas is f ... More >>

Innocuous Pepper Turned Capsicum Criminal: Jalapeños Busted at the Border

A truckload of jalapeño peppers was seized in Pharr, Texas, this Thursday, according to a Customs and Border Patrol news release. The alleged marijuana from this seizure has an estimated street value of approximately $3,162,530. CBP officers seized the narcotics and the tractor-trailer. The peppe ... More >>

According to Feds' Complaint, Sam Hurd's Drug Bust in Chicago Started With Deal in Dallas

​No doubt you've heard by now that former Dallas Cowboy Sam Hurd's in federal custody, having been popped by authorities in Chicago last night for trying to buy "five to 10 kilograms of cocaine, at $25,000 per kilogram, and 1,000 pounds of marijuana, at $450 per pound, per week for distribution in ... More >>

Reminder: Come To The House of Blues Tonight for the (Free!) Dallas Observer Music Awards!

​Alright, y'all. It's almost time. In just a few hours, over at the House of Blues, we'll be announcing the winners for your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards (refresh your memory of the nominees here). The event opens to the public at 8 p.m. and will kick off immediately with a set from our house ... More >>

A Tourists Guide to a Dozen Dirty Deeds by Dallas Cowboys

Today In Music News: Girl Talk Dishes On New Album, Asher Roth Wants Legal Weed And Grateful Dead Meets Bluegrass

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 27, 2010...Girl Talk is planning a new album that features Rick Ross.  Let's hope the record isn't called "Dell Laptop Music."Asher Roth has decided to get political... about making weed legal in California.Bluegrass lends their ow ... More >>

Mayor Tom, Caraway and DPD Chief Brown Want Dallas to Ban the Sale of Fake Dope

​Late this evening I was poking around the City Secretary's site to sneak-peek the council's doings upon its return to work Monday. At which point I noticed that when the Public Safety Committee reconvenes at noon, City Attorney Tom Perkins and Dallas Police Deputy Chief Patricia Paulhill will bri ... More >>

Five Plead Guilty to Running "Elaborate," Expensive Pot-Growing Op in Northwest Dallas

​This just in from the U.S. Attorney General's Office: From the summer of '05 till December '08, five locals were running out of three Northwest Dallas houses an "elaborate marijuana growing operation" that was eventually busted up by the Drug Enforcement Agency. They had three houses -- one each ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Erykah Badu, The Cannabinoids and Shiny Toy Guns' Soundclash at Victory Plaza

The Cannabinoids feat. Erykah Badu and Shiny Toy GunsVictory PlazaOctober 16, 2009Better Than: a Texas-OU tennis match. Check out photos from the show here in our slideshow. Continuing the time-honored tradition of competition between Texas and Oklahoma, fans at Victory Plaza were treated once aga ... More >>

Picture Show: Erykah Badu, The Cannabinoids and Shiny Toy Guns' Soundclash

Patrick MichelsErykah Badu and the Cannabinoids, joined by Tim DeLaughter late in the competition. More photos here.​Erykah Badu and the Cannabinoids faced off against Shiny Toy Guns Friday night, with nothing but Victory Plaza, a swarm of fans and some noise-metering microphones between them.Dedi ... More >>

Erykah Badu, The Cannabinoids and Shiny Toy Guns Ready Sets For Tonight's Red Bull Soundclash Event. (And: A Giveaway!)

Pete FreedmanErykah Badu andThe Cannabinoids rehearse in front of television cameras. Footage from last night's rehearsal and tonight's performance are expected to be used for a TV show down the line.​A funny scene from last night's Universal Rehearsal Studios-housed run-through for tonight's Red ... More >>

Food For Thought 4.15.09

"Are the people who seek to restrict the use of tobacco everywhere--and for everyone--the same people who seek to promote the use of marijuana?" (Leonard Welsh of Plano, as quoted by the Dallas Morning News. Not sure if they are the same people, but the generation responsible for such restrictions-- ... More >>

Developing: Either Some Austinites Or Some Malaysians Are Going To Be Very Disappointed

DC9 at Night contributor Jeff Liles passed along this interesting note: Erykah Badu is scheduled to perform in Malaysia tonight--Saturday, March 21--opening up for Korn alongside N.E.R.D. Or so Dallas native and Korn keyboardist Zac Baird (formerly of Billygoat, Edie Brickell and Liles' own C ... More >>

Caraway Bluntly Addresses Pot-Smoking Problem By Targeting Single Cigar Sales

Hidden among the discussion surrounding Wednesday's vote on a strengthened smoking ban is addendum Item No. 13 on the council's final docket of the year, which includes a whopping 151 items. This item addresses the sale of individual cigars, long the bane of Dwaine Caraway's existence, along with s ... More >>

See, Josh Howard Was Right All Along

What a Drag

Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

Josh Howard Is Neither Humbled Nor Apologetic

Dumb and Dumber

Headline Coming Soon: Quincy Carter’s Career Goes to Pot. Again.

Salvia Roger Waters = Bad Idea, According to Minneapolis City Pages

Ab-NORML-y Good Music? Well, Maybe. For Once.

Not Ready for Crime Time

Reading the Mitchell Report, Way Too Quickly, So You Don't Have To

The Marijuana "Muffin Boys" Received Their Punishment Today

Overheard at Day 2 of ACL

Kottonmouth Kings, Tech N9ne

Wednesday, August 22, at House of Blues

Moth Fight, Ghosthustler, Instruments

Sunday, July 22, at the Cavern

Apparently, I Need to Find New Hobbies

Roky Erickson

Thursday, March 1, at the Double Wide

Dim bulbs

This little light of Buzz's, we're gonna let it shine

Dar Williams

Wednesday, June 7, at Poor David's Pub

Such a Nice Boy

Pot-bellied Cowboy

Finally catching up with the late, great Nate

Sticks and Stones

Chief Kunkle has to fight crime with the tools the council will give him

Rude Boy

The life and times of John Soldier

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