Naked City

Denver wants to be SAFER, and Walters only likes softballs in press conferences

"...crimes of violence," SAFER Director Mason Tvert told the Drug Reform Coordination Network. "The initiative expresses the sense of..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature 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

Double Jeopardy

A long-ago marijuana conviction gets a library staffer fired and raises questions about city employment policies and the war on drugs

"...the nation's obsession with crime and punishment, with making war on drugs, and with punitive employment policies wielded against..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...Georgetown City Council severely curtails commercial development over the Edwards Aquifer, and should they hold, may turn out to..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.

"...9]. I am by no means an abuser of drugs, but I was there in the Eighties at Hall's..."

June 23, 2000 Column

Top 9 Joints

"...other mental illnesses, which is why they want to ward off threats to its availability. In the end, lawmakers..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...of Champ's attitude: I recall the Austin Chronicle Music Awards of 2000, when your publication presented him with an..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column

Grass

"...hook is its lucid argument that our cultural attitudes toward marijuana have been so carefully molded and programmed. Mann..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crime Down, Except for Murder

Austin homicides up; everything else down

"...continues to decline across the country, the number of drug-related arrests continue to outpace all others; there were 1.6..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Medi-Pot States Free to Inhale

It's official: The feds are backing off

"...Obama's inauguration, raids of California medi-pot dispensaries by the Drug Enforcement Administration had picked up. In February, Holder promised..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Obama Team Says No to Pot

Obama transition team says "no" to legalizing pot

"...But whether that will be the case for all drug-policy reform questions remains to be seen...."

Dec. 16, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Before a massive sweep of drug busts rocked the town in 1999, Tulia was another..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...Wesley Smith. Smith, who wanted information about an Eastside drug dealer known as "Icy Mike," was calling on behalf..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Q & A with Rob Kampia, co-founder of the Marijuana Policy Project

"...RM: What about John Walters [the drug czar, head of the White House Office of the..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...can therefore hurt more people than you may be aware of. "St. Michael's Passion" was a well-intended article, but..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column

Postmarks

More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.

"...mechanisms from the post-WWII suburban pattern to the pre-World War II neighborhood pattern (which supports automobiles just fine, by..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column

Postmarks

"...hard-working, intelligent, and opinionated public servant. Who during World War II said, "It's time to do something now; if..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Sex, Drugs & Democracy

"...cleverly violate their international treaties designed to fight the war on drugs. Instead of filling prisons with “soft” drug..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Supports Legalization Of Marijuana

"...Smith’s Jan. 1 column [“Top 9 Joints,” News]: The drug war is largely a war on marijuana smokers. In..."

Jan. 2, 2010 Postmarks

Reefer Madness: 'Let's Embarrass Ron Paul'

Libertarian/Republican presidential candidate discusses hemp farming and other 'crazy' ideas

"...government, he says, and most certainly not by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2005 he introduced the first-ever federal..."

May 25, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Answering to a Higher Power

"...Prohibition triggers more violence, suffering, and death than the drugs themselves. Alcohol prohibition was called the noble experiment, while..."

April 3, 2006 Postmarks

Hostel

In this horror film, three backpackers check in to the wrong hostel where, unbeknownst to them, very bad things happen from dusk till dawn.

"...ugly Americans rampaging through the EU’s flesh markets and drug bazaars in search of debauched bliss (a sort of..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...[2] You have things exactly backward on the budget overruns. These occurred under the previous..."

April 21, 2000 Column

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Nichols Is Biased

"...Drug War Too Costly..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column

The DARE Debate

Austin Police Kick Drug Prevention Program

"...photograph by Doug Potter DARE, the world's most popular drug prevention program, just lost another customer. The city of..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Whitney

Another glimpse behind the curtain at the late musical legend

"...family, her relatives are very open about her childhood, drug use, and insecurities. In contrast, we’re presented with Bobby..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Governor to Decriminalize Pot!

Perry claims progress … but the facts are not so plain

"...but also that he's long been a supporter of drug decriminalization policies in Texas...."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Yes and No on Pot Prop

Fighting over plan to tax and regulate pot in California

"...That leap forward is interesting, especially when you consider that it has..."

Sept. 28, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: A Crack at Correcting Sentencing Disparity

New law may indicate course change for drug sentencing

"...crack cocaine, without any official recognition that the two drugs are chemically identical, separated only by method of ingestion...."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Seeds vs. Suds

Marijuana: A safer alternative to America's favorite social lubricant?

"...that's fine. But here's the truth: They were using drugs – on the president's urging...."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

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