Houston we have a problem – rats have been dining out on everything from marijuana to psychedelic mushrooms in the city’s police evidence room ... could entice the drug-addicted rats away ...

Last March, officials said rodents were consuming drugs in the evidence room of the decaying New Orleans Police Department headquarters. "The rats are eating our marijuana. They're all high," NOPD ...

Houston police ... They’re drug-addicted rats. They’re tough to deal with.” Whitmire said he will work with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to discard narcotics evidence ...

"Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting ... About 1.2 million pieces of evidence are kept in the evidence room downtown and at a second location ...

The mayor and law enforcement officials have now decided to dispose of the evidence sooner to stop the rodents from getting their fix. To illustrate the problem, Houston police Chief J.