A pair of U.S. citizens arriving from Mexico on December 29th were busted with $500,000 worth of cocaine and crystal meth in their luggage, thus ensuring at least one methhead somewhere in the Bay Area could actually stick to his "no doing meth in 2012" resolution. more ›

Staying sober in the Castro is like trying to stay sober in the Castro. It's quite trying, what with all of the bars and dealers within hinged-wrist's length. Enter the Castro Country Club, a tiny clubhouse, if you will, located on 18th Street that allows sober addicts to socialize comfortably within a queer space without getting ripped to the tits. The building housing the space was sold this week. So, does the club once again stand in a state of peril? Not likely. more ›

Dreams of a white Christmas and a cracky new year shattered for a smattering of East Bay addicts after a police raid in the city of Richmond pinched an estimated nine pounds of crazy cocaine. The drugs, worth an around $800,000, were seized along with $335,000 and a some firearms after a a search of four homes (three in Richmond and one in Alameda) last week reports Associated Press. more ›

Let's start off by stating the obvious: you should never drug your pets. Seriously, don't. It's mean, it could harm or kill your little best buddy, and you could wind up in the lower rungs of Hell for living such a cruel life. That said, this video showing a cat high on Adderall (an ADHD drug) is zany in a sad, poor-little-fella way. more ›

In San Jose, a suburban psychologist who bought a used Chrysler minivan for $14,000 in cash ended up driving around for 15 months with half a million dollars in Colombian marching powder unknowingly stashed in the panels of the vehicle. Dr. Charles Preston first noticed something fishy when he discovered the driver's side window wouldn't go down all the way, but as he told the San Jose Mercury News, "he figured he could live with it since the Town and Country van had an excellent air-conditioning system." more ›

Egads, people. A driver flying high on PCP last Friday ran into two pedestrians near City College. "Officers arriving at the scene of the crash in the 400 block of Geneva Avenue at 2:20 p.m. noticed the driver “could not sit still and appeared agitated and nervous," notes SF Examiner. "The officers called an ambulance for the suspect, who allegedly admitted taking the drug just before driving." more ›

Over on the 900 block of Geary Street, around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a man was robbed of over a pound of medical marijuana while leaving a dispensary. (Presumably The Divinity Tree at 958 Geary.) "The victim, a 34-year-old man, was walking out of the dispensary when a suspect pointed a gun at his face and demanded 'weed,' " reports SF Appeal. "The victim handed over a satchel that contained 1.25 pounds of medical marijuana and cash." more ›

Dude. Duuuude. Time to sit back, spark up, and tune in to the famous synching of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and The Wizard of Oz (1939), which boasts a bizarre pairing of a stoner band's seminal work and the twentieth century's first true punk-rock artist, Judy Garland. Laughing Squid brings our attention to the pairing brought to you by Brooklyn audio engineer Bryan Pugh. more ›

Mission / Shooting: Police today increased efforts to learn more about the daylight killing of 18 year-old Kevin Hall, who was shot near the intersection of Alemany Boulevard and Crescent Avenue on August 25. [Examiner] more ›

It goes to show you: Everybody smokes weed! A truck loaded with bags of kind bud crashed near the Oakridge Mall yesterday in South San Jose, and, not wanting to get nabbed by cops showing up at the scene, the driver fled. Meanwhile, bags of weed were spilling out of the truck and into the street near Blossom Hill Road and Playa Del Rey, and passing motorists quickly pulled over and snatched most of them up before the cops arrived. more ›

Dolores Park's Truffle Guy has delivered his special brand of magic to jonesing park denizens for quite some time. Now you can get a t-shirt featuring the noted drug dealer, making you the envy of your stoner pals. Made out of 50% cotton and 50% recycled polyester, you can score this gem for a mere $35 over at Turk + Taylor. more ›

You've likely seen or read a news report in recent weeks discussing the issue of "flesh-eating cocaine," and the widespread contamination of the U.S. cocaine supply with an animal de-worming agent called levamisole. Now, let's just step back a moment here. SFist first reported on this news in December 2009, and we thought perhaps the whole thing had blown over (or just was, simply, overblown... excuse the puns). more ›

Early Sunday morning, a nude woman armed with a gun and high on marijuana and ecstasy confronted a motel clerk at the Super 8 in Vacaville. The lunacy started around 2:40 a.m. after motel guest Patricia Wright entered the lobby of a Super 8 on Allison Court and started waving around a gun. NY Daily News reports, "Authorities said the 32-year-old was waving around a loaded .38-caliber semiautomatic. The clerk quickly called 911, then tried to ease the woman's nerves." more ›

Something we continue to find charming about old-school print media: They don't like to talk about drugs, or speculate about such matters, using terms like "acting strangely" to describe perps who are clearly high as kites. Case in point: The Contra Costa Times reports on a 28-year-old man who was seen chasing a train near the Martinez Marina yesterday morning, assaulted a city worker, then locked himself in said worker's car nearby, got approached by an officer, Tasered, and still managed to break free and run, only to collapse from an apparent cardiac arrest, and the officers proceeded to resuscitate him. The headline and text, naturally, make no mention of the notion that the man might have been high on something, just that he was "acting strangely." He had first been seen walking away from Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. more ›

On Thursday, Marin authorities eradicated an estimated 13,000 baby marijuana plants found on Bolinas Ridge near Kent Lake. Marin Municipal Water District, National Park Service, California Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration all took part in the operation. Lt. Barry Heying explained why to CBS, saying, "These types of criminal enterprises result in erosion damage created by the clear-cutting of indigenous plants as well as hazardous trash left behind by the lawless operators." Well then. [CBS] more ›

Who's excited for barbecue season? In South San Francisco, one man was apparently a little too excited for a backyard grill session in his neighborhood last Sunday. While it's unclear if Pedro Garcia was actually invited to his neighbor's barbecue, it is clear that he made some "inappropriate sexual comments" to a fellow guest at the party and was asked to leave. Apparently unhappy about the invitation to vacate the premises, Garcia responded by lifting his shirt and showing off some rifle ammo he was just keeping tucked under there. Later, Garcia returned to the neighbor's carnivorous celebration brandishing a machete and threatening to kill the host. more ›

Looking to swipe your stash, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is this Saturday. In an effort to "prevent pill abuse and theft,"government, community, public health and law enforcement partners at these sites will be working together to collect expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs that are potentially dangerous if left in the family's medicine cabinet," says the DEA. Furthermore, tossing your pills down the toilet can lead to environmental hazard. more ›

Mid-Market chronicler Bluoz makes a habit of showcasing local drug addicts in the area via his Crackhead of the Day feature. Today's selection was found on back door of the very new Marinello's School of Beauty. Bluoz fumes: "Just in case anybody thought bringing new business to mid Market will change anything. This IS on the rear doorstep of a brand new business in Mid Market, opened just 2 months ago at 1035 Market, Marinello's School of Beauty. They spent a ton of money to build floor to ceiling windows facing Stevenson. Now they have permanent shades on the windows so they can't see out anymore, so they can't see this just inches away from them you know, cause as long as people don't actually see it, it doesn't exist, right?" more ›

Cops seized almost 40 pounds of crystal methamphetamine on Friday, hidden in concealed compartments of a PT Cruiser they pulled over in Gilroy. The stash was worth $430,000, fresh from Mexico, and we imagine a lot of Bay Area tweakers are sad about this. Do you know, Breaking Bad fans, how long it takes to cook that much? Shit. more ›

Hot off the heels of last year's big SFPD crime lab snafu and subsequent investigation revealing that 61 officers had conduct issues, Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced another case of police misconduct at a press conference last night. more ›

Lawrence Livermore Lab seems to be having trouble keeping track of their heavy supply of "dangerous drugs." Specifically, the lab is missing some uppers. According to the Energy Department, they're missing cocaine hydrochloride and an amphetamine known as MDA ," but in one case the lab found more opium and black tar heroin than records showed had been purchased legally." Odd. more ›

Freshly relocated from Dallas to San Francisco, a friend of a friend of SFist captured video yesterday that showcases an unhinged lady on Muni, rambling about this and that. "A crazy tweaker boarded the San Francisco MUNI and immediately began shouting at one of the passengers, repeatedly calling him 'Al Gore' and accusing him of staring at her sexual organs. Obviously, he was not. Wish we had a longer version but you can imagine the rest," they explain on their YouTube page. more ›

Dan Noyes of ABC 7 uncovered another embarrassing bit of information about the city's police department. Namely, the San Francisco Police Department delivered illegal drugs to former crime lab technician Deborah Madden while she was under investigation for possible cocaine theft. more ›

The folks at Uptown Almanac bring our attention to a video of a gentlemen taking candid pulls from his crack (presumably it's crack, since marijuana emits a stench that, by comparison, lingers in the air) pipe. Really, it's an astounding, not to mention ballsy, thing to do while riding a seemingly crowded N Judah train. Addiction will do remarkable things to a person, we guess. Alas. more ›

A new drug is hitting the streets from the Deep South to California and it's got some pretty terrifying side effects. According to the New York Daily News, some of those fancy bath salts you use for aromatic, tub-based relaxation may contain the stimulants mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MPDV) and reportedly give an even more psychotic meth-like high when snorted, injected or smoked. more ›

At 10 am today, tickets for Burning Man, the popular gala in the desert, will go on sale. While ticket prices can seem, well, price - they run anywhere from $210 to $320 - the event organizers do have a low income program available, which you can apply for on January 26. more ›

A mischievous San Mateo teen tried and failed multiple times to extort local drivers by impersonating a police officer and threatening them with speeding tickets. 19 year old Alex Grabovetsky used a siren and flashing red lights mounted on his mother's teal pickup truck to pull over drivers in Millbrae and on the 101 near SFO in early December. more ›

In an effort to waste time, or whatever, Santa Clara County authorities on Thursday busted several medical marijuana clubs selling weed in the county. "An official with the County Special Enforcement Team said narcotics agents served warrants on two MediLeaf medical marijuana clubs in San Jose and properties in Gilroy and Morgan Hill," reports AP (via CBS 5)."Task force commander Danielle Ayers said agents shut down the clubs, seized marijuana, documents and computers." more ›

Five people have been arrested in a meth lab bust in Laurel Heights. Neighbors interviewed by ABC 7 and other news orgs expressed suspicion about the late night "activity" and "carrying on" happening at the home in this otherwise quiet and upscale neighborhood. "I wouldn't have ever thought that there would be a meth lab there," 30-year-old Steve Salta explained to BCN. "It's really a quiet, sleepy neighborhood." [SF Appeal] more ›