Kerlikowske Promises Change in Drug Policy

Czar says he'll provide audience for all viewpoints

"...President Barack Obama's pick to be the nation's next drug czar, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that under his..."

April 14, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Drug Policy on Colbert Report

"...Looks like Stephen Colbert will be toking on drug policy reform tonight (Monday, Jan. 8) on his Colbert..."

Jan. 8, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Drug Court: No Silver Bullet

If drug court isn't the answer, what is?

"...Let's face it: America has a drug problem. Perhaps the biggest part of this problem is..."

April 29, 2011 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Instead of all students – current and future – convicted of any drug-related crime at any point in their lives losing federal financial aid, now, only students currently in school will lose their money if convicted on a drug charge

"...On Feb. 1, drug law reformers scored a minor victory when Congress accepted..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 4/22/11

It's baaaaack!

"...from the void – and there's a lot of drug news to catch up on, so let's get to..."

April 22, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

At DEA, Business As Usual

And more of the same if Leonhart is confirmed as agency head

"...the appointment of Michele Leonhart as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration – a move that many advocates say..."

Nov. 16, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

The latest dispatches from the front line of America's war on drugs.

"...On Dec. 4 the Marijuana Policy Project -- the advocates behind a number of November's..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Even under a new administration, the nation's drug policy looks the same

"...Although the National Drug Control Strategy was actually due for submission to Congress..."

May 14, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Transit authorities have freedom of speech, too, judge rules

"...a controlled substance while permitting those that support tougher drug sentences."..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Texas' finest combat the glo-stick menace

"...If so, your loved one just might be an illegal-drug-taking Raver. "A pattern of this behavior or ownership of..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Bush pumps for drug testing, while the "noncontroversial" ads blare on

"...proposal to allocate $23 million for schools to implement drug testing programs. Bush happily noted that drug use among..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Opiate Overdoses on the Rise

Heroin and prescription drugs claiming lives

"...that dying of an opiate overdose is excruciating: The drug – found in heroin or any number of prescription..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The feds punish transit authorities for carrying drug-reform ads

"...Four drug-policy reform advocacy groups on Feb. 18 filed suit in..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Poll: If Limbaugh did the crime, he should do the time

"...Or, despite Limbaugh's often callous and myopic view on drug laws, should the conservative radio talk-show host be left..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

The draconian R.A.V.E. Act sneaks back into Congress, but reform advocates are pushing drug bills across the nation -- including in Texas

"...promoter on whose property or at whose events illicit drugs are used or sold. The legislation was clearly aimed..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 10/21/11

Your drug war news

"...affordable access," he told the Los Angeles Times. Other drug-law reformers see this new move as even more heavy-handed..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Green Alert

"These people are armed; they're dangerous ... violent criminal terrorists," says drug czar John Walters.

"...According to drug czar John Walters, head of the White House Office..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The worst anti-drug bill yet burbles up in Congress.

"...possible for the feds to redefine any and all drug crimes as acts of terrorism...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Will RAVE Act Stomp Out Drugs -- Or Dissent?

Drug reformers plan to sue to overturn a new federal law they say was used to stifle their criticism of government policy.

"...-- would not be applied indiscriminately, it appears the anti-drug measure's first practical application since becoming federal law less..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Pot is the gateway to hell. Who knew?

"...and recommendations of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, which he had been tapped to lead. Shafer's..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

UT students pass initiative calling for equalization of penalties associated with pot and alcohol use, plus other weed news

"...the Agriculture and Water Resources Committee, whose members, the Drug Policy Alliance reports, were predisposed to kill the measure...."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...attention to traditional domestic issues rather than addressing foreign policy directly. We should all be ashamed of our lack..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Naked City

Weed Watch

"...press conference on Nov. 20 in San Diego, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration head Asa Hutchinson announced his drug warriors..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...U.S. presidents have been declaring "war on drugs" ever since the Nixon administration. Bush's remedies were much..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Reefer Roundup: 12/30/11

Your drug war news

"...According to the annual Monitoring the Future drug use survey of thousands of U.S. teens, pot use..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Weed Watch: Like RAVE Act -- but Worse!

"...a more draconian measure than the recently passed Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act -- formerly, and still informally, known as..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...bill reauthorizing the White House Office of the National Drug Control Policy, complete with $1 billion in new money..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature

Reefer Madness: Betting on Beto

O'Rourke defeats drug warrior Reyes

"...Challenging the wisdom of the War on Drugs hasn't hurt Beto O'Rourke, who just won the Dem..."

June 5, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Tokers Boycott Pop Tarts

If Kellogg's is going to dump Phelps, pot smokers are going to drop Kellogg's -- and all their munchie goodies

"...to Kellogg's decision to dump Phelps, a handful of drug-policy reform groups (NORML, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the..."

Feb. 10, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...its environmental studies in light of Save Our Springs Alliance's litigation over plans for SH 45 Southeast. Gieselman even..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

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