Supremes Let Stand California Medi-Pot Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Garden Grove, Calif., challenging a lower court ruling that a medi-pot patient should get back his seized stash

"...The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a 2007..."

Dec. 8, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Deep Blues From Gatesville

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

"...her third child, she went to prison on a drug conviction. She carried her pregnancy to term in the..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

When an Emergency Is Not an Emergency

Supreme Court rules against Fourth Amendment protection

"...The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled in a case styled Kentucky v...."

May 18, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Chronic Goes On

Top 10 drug war stories

"...Bogart My Closeup: The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and its fearless leader, drug czar John..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Amarillo Judge’s Ruling Could Lead to Nationwide Ban on Abortion Pills

Supreme Court may be the next step

"...U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk last week struck another blow against..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

Point Austin: The Machinery of Death

Supreme Court quibbles about drugs and avoids the larger ethical issue

"...exception to welcome recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court was its majority opinion in Glossip v. Gross, a..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Michael King

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

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

Death Watch: Can Texas Keep a Secret?

State Supreme Court grants rehearing in execution drug supplier case

"...The Texas Supreme Court caved under pressure last Friday, Oct. 19, granting the..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

American Violet

This moving message film tells a story about a miscarriage of Texas justice.

"...2000, the local district attorney (O’Keefe) organizes a military-style drug sweep of her housing project and has the police..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reefer Madness: Bush Pardons Hip-Hop Artist

John Forté was dealt harsh sentence under draconian drug law

"...artist John Forté, convicted of cocaine possession in federal court in Hous­ton in 2001 and handed a 14-year prison..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Abbott Kicks Coke

"...the man flexed his legal muscle in Dallas County court, securing a temporary injunction against the makers of the..."

May 16, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...Asby testified that this was not a normal highway drug bust – "normally," he testified, marijuana moves north from..."

March 16, 2012 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

"...obsession with crime and punishment, with making war on drugs, and with punitive employment policies wielded against workers and..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Marijuana Coast to Coast

Hot pot news from California and Washington, D.C.

"...over 21, and to allow for taxation, regulating the drug much like alcohol. Cities would retain local control, allowing..."

July 8, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Bong Hits 4 Free Speech!

"...days for an alleged violation of the school’s zero-tolerance, anti-drug policy. Confronted with that punishment, Frederick pulled a little..."

March 12, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

The 5th Street Posse

Neighbors and cops banded together to shut down this open-air drug market

"...Seemingly overnight, Whistler says, a 24-hour open-air drug market sprang up along the street. Walking out of..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Judge in One of the County’s Busiest Courts to Be Appointed This Month

Nick Chu will move to the county’s new probate court

"...Peace for Precinct 5 runs one of our busiest courts, handling evictions, bond conditions, certain Class C misdemeanors, and..."

Sept. 6, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Pardo Denied Bond

Amado and brother will remain in jail

"...to say they were sick while coming off the drug, Pardo, 64, the face of Jovita's Tex-Mex restaurant and..."

July 10, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...this morning, he and I, to discuss his former drug of choice, Ecstasy, or if you're a chemical engineer,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

New FDA Guidelines Seen as a Victory for Abortion Rights

Updated FDA guidelines allow lower dosage, longer time to take pills

"...A change to abortion drug labeling by the Food and Drug Administration today could..."

March 30, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Cocaine: Does a Body Good!

"...a lawsuit filed May 2 in Dallas County District Court, the AG’s Consumer Protection and Public Health Division says..."

May 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

APD Pot-Hunters Are Data-Mining at AE

Are you using 'too much' energy? Inquiring drug cops want to know.

"...According to federal prosecutors, local Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and at least one Austin Police..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

"...singles. Then, after the singer's rapid decline and untimely drug-related death, figures from his past converge like hyenas to..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Perry Chills on Pot Decriminalization

Texas Gov comes out in support of less punitive drug policy

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

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

The dope on Clinton, Obama, and McCain

"...the war in Iraq and the domestic War on Drugs. While the candidates have spent a fair amount of..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Federal judges -- including a Supreme Court justice -- cry foul as Congress stiffens mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes.

"...U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy last week decried the strengthening of..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 10/30/11

Your drug war news

"...a major crime bill, a Florida judge blocking mandatory drug testing, and medi-pot patients fight back...."

Oct. 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Leave no child untested -- for drug use, that is

"...Drug czar John Walters, head of the White House Office..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...or woman working next to you. It was illegal drugs, of course, being dealt or used. From this, one..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

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