Subject: Illegal Drugs

• Kings of the Hill

  Officers O'Bannon and Duncan have racked up an amazing number of Capitol Hill drug busts. And citizen complaints.

  August 12, 1999

• Sticky Situation

  March 12, 2007

• Meth America

  January 3, 2007

• Yappers’ Delight: City Council Puts Pot to Voters

  August 31, 2007

• Ron Zappolo Tells Marijuana Advocate to Keep Fighting the Good Fight

  March 12, 2008

• The Best Damn Crackhead Pickle Shop in Denver

  May 5, 2008

• Shmuck: The Obama plotters

  September 5, 2008

• Vanishing Point

  Millionaire pot king Robert Golding's biggest deal was with the DEA agents who let him walk.

  July 6, 2000

• Follow That Story

  A pot dealer goes down in flames.

  August 17, 2000

• American High

  With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes on the unwinnable war.

  January 4, 2001

• Crouching Sheriff, Hidden Task Force

  The cops get sued for their attempt to take the grass out of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

  June 21, 2001

• Toxic Shock

  Starting a meth lab takes little skill or cash. The cleanup is another story.

  September 4, 2003

• Letters to the Editor

  March 1, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  November 29, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  September 11, 2003

• White Lines

  October 7, 2004

• You Do the Meth

  Police raids bust up drug labs. But they also bust up families.

  June 28, 2007

• Of Meth and Men

  The drug fuels gay parties -- but the party was almost over before Rod finally found help.

  December 7, 2006

• Follow That Story

  Built for Speed

  August 3, 2006

• To Each Theron

  April 27, 2006

• War Counsel

  This drug program is a bust.

  February 16, 2006

• Going to Pot

  Greetings from the Mile High City.

  November 24, 2005

• Lost and Found

  Baby Girl has one last chance at a new life.

  June 2, 2005

• What's the Beef?

  Brawny juicers keep pumping steroids, so why aren't more serving time.

  May 26, 2005

• The Chiva Game

  American hunger for black-tar heroin has made downtown Denver the land of opportunity for immigrant dealers.

  October 7, 2004

• The Maverick

  Telluride lawman Bill Masters is no dope. So what turned him against the war on drugs?

  May 20, 2004

• Call Me

  Lament of a crack-shack phone booth.

  January 1, 2004

• R.A.V.E. Review

  The R.A.V.E. Act could mean trouble for even legitimate promoters.

  August 28, 2003

• Capitol Ill

  Dave Maddux lords over his domain: a Snake Pit and a crack alley.

  August 7, 2003

• Consumed

  Beer Bust

  April 24, 2003

• Between Rock and a Hard Place

  Half of the 2700 block of Downing falls into one police district, the other half into another -- leaving residents caught in the crack.

  September 5, 2002

• Sip of Fools

  GHB helps you dance 'til you drop. Dead, maybe.

  July 18, 2002

• Shape Up Or Ship Out

  Fighting neighborhood crime is just the tip of the iceberg for Capitol Hill's Unsinkables.

  June 13, 2002

• Follow That Story

  Hemp Burns Out

  November 22, 2001

• The Shifting Drug War

  The pendulum is swinging back from stiff mandatory sentences for drug offenses.

  November 22, 2001

• Disorder in the Court

  Judge John Kane has seen too many casualties in the War on Drugs. Now he demands a government retreat.

  November 22, 2001

• The Home of the Rave

  Promoters hurry to get their acts together -- before parents, police and the courts decide the party's over.

  February 22, 2001

• Target Practice

  A class-action suit becomes a vehicle for racial justice.

  January 25, 2001

• Wish Upon a Czar

  The mayor's efforts to crown a drug czar aren't exactly smokin'.

  April 13, 2000

• Spanker Madness

  The Asylum Street Spankers
  (Spanks-a-Lot)

  March 23, 2000

• Unlawful Entry--Related Story

  Officer Bini's Informant: An Interview From the Shadows

  February 24, 2000

• Hemp Takes a Hit

  The feds just might drive this growing industry out of its head.

  January 27, 2000

• A Mile High and Rising

  The drug trade in Denver and the surrounding area is getting worse -- much worse.

  September 2, 1999

• Trial and Tribulations, Part Two

  This is the conclusion of Joanne Cordova's story. For part one, see www. westword.com.

  November 26, 1998

• Bad Company

  They had guns. They were after drugs and cash. What they got was trouble.

  July 9, 1998

• Liar, Liar

  A top DEA informant makes cases--and $200,000 a year--while breaking a few laws himself.

  May 8, 1997

• FADE TO BLACK

  September 20, 1995

• CROSSING THE LINE

  HOW ILLEGAL ALIENS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS COME OVER THE RIVER--AND THROUGH THE CRACKS.AMERICA OR BUST ILLEGAL ALIENS CAN COMMIT BURGLARIES, THEFTS AND ASSAULTS IN DENVER--AND HAVE LITTLE TO FEAR FROM THE INS.

  May 10, 1995

• Boulder pot robbery could add wrinkle to July medical-marijuana hearing

  Our February 4 story, "Medical Marijuana Has Become a Growth Industry in Colorado," described how the state's medical pot laws have fueled a booming dispensary industry -- an industry that was starting to look like the Wild West, with robberies and rip-off accusations thanks to lax regulations and fly-by-night entrepreneurs. Now, as noted in yesterday's blog "Men Wanted for Taking Medical Marijuana Without Prescription," you can add one more high-profile stick-up job to the list of local marij

  June 18, 2009

• Operation Fortune Cookie: Geography of a pot bust

  View Operation Fortune Cookie: Geography of a pot bust in a larger map On February 16, 2008, more than a hundred law enforcement officers up and down the northern Front Range launched Operation Fortune Cookie, a multi-day raid on dozens of marijuana grow houses in the north metro area that would go down as the largest pot bust in state history. You can read the full story here -- and check out the interactive map above for a play-by-play of what happened.

  June 24, 2009