Psychoactive Drugs

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Dallas Police Say They've Broken Up a Sizable Coke-Crack-Weed-PCP Supply Chain

Chuck's Car Wash has long been a fixture on the Morning News' 10 Drops in the Bucket campaign, the compilation of the eye-soreiest eye sores in southern Dallas that Tod Robberson drives past and tsk-tsks at. Chuck's, which sits near the corner of Sunnyvale and Ledbetter, does seem to be a particula ... 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 >>

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 >>

Thirteen Locals, Who Feds Say Are Linked to Los Zetas Cartel, Indicted For Coke Trafficking

​Stories linking Los Zetas -- a drug cartel consisting of, among others, former Mexican Army commandos -- with North Texas have been around for years. Take this story, from three years ago, connecting a Collin County deputy constable with a cousin said to be working for the cartel. In March, The N ... More >>

In Suburban Dallas, Loosening "Cheese" Heroin's Deadly Grip

Another round of deaths have another round of North Texas parents trying to wipe out a deadly combination of heroin and cold medicine.

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Split EP "Do For It"

Four Months After DEA's "Operation Greedy Grove" Drugs and Gang Sweep, a Guilty Plea

​Back in September, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it had arrested several alleged members of "violent local street gangs," which included the Highland Hills Posse and the NFL Boyz. Among those snapped up during "Operation Greedy Grove" was 31-year-old Ronald Alexander, otherwi ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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