Naked City

Federal drug czar still lying about pot and wasting taxpayer money

"...May has not been a good month for federal drug czar John Walters. During a May 3 press conference,..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...What I get from the sermon is that "drug addiction" -- as Adley repeats many times -- is..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...partisan legislation on one side, a pragmatic approach to policy built upon bipartisanship on the other. The irony is..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

One Cop, Two Cop ...
How Many New Cops?

Council approves 47 new APD hires – with perhaps a change in the air

"..."2.0 per thousand" ratio (officers to Austinites, a city policy standard for roughly the last decade) always makes sense...."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

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

Naked City

While passage of HB 254 may signal movement toward smart-on-crime proposals in Texas, federal narcos continue their goofy-on-drugs approach to drug control

"...proposals in Texas, federal narcos last week reiterated their goofy-on-drugs approach to drug control. Case in point: The White..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Texan lawmakers introduce bills for medical pot and industrial hemp

"...Controlled Substances Act made continued production untenable. The CSA drug-war era revisions eliminated the distinction between breeds of marijuana,..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Travis County Primary Candidates Jockey to Champion Criminal Justice Change

A closer look at the heated District Attorney, County Attorney, and County Court at Law races

"...retribution, reducing arrests and imprisonment for nonviolent offenses (especially drug possession), promoting restorative justice, etc. ... shading into "wraparound..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...Office, to her dramatic reduction in prosecutions of minimal drug possession, to her creation of specialized units to address..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...home after one too many drinks, they use illegal drugs, they get in fights – and those isolated acts..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Reefer Roundup 12/14/2010

News from the front line of the War on Drugs

"...new numbers released today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the number of teens using drugs increased this..."

Dec. 14, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

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

"...and two friends started up the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project 12 years ago, there wasn't much action on..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

APD Brass Shifts Up, Down, Across

Musical chairs at Downtown HQ

"...past, similar romantic relationships have been reviewed for possible policy violations. Asked about the apparent break from tradition, Chief..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: A Modest Proposal

Houston Rep. Harold Dutton offers up Legislation for downgrading criminal penalties associated with possession of small amounts of pot

"...that perhaps incarcerating casual pot smokers isn't good public policy – and is a serious strain on law-enforcement time..."

March 30, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...the Iraq Study Group has declared that President Bush's policy in Iraq "is not working." Um … that's "breaking..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature

The Hightower Lowdown

The "Prosperity Dividend," Bush's Energy Fraud, and the War on Colombia

"...Freeman of Harvard and Eileen Appelbaum of the Economic Policy Institute. Noting that all of us worked to create..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts. In January and again in October, WCSO detectives..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...mid-Nineties the APD administration effectively shut down a major drug and corruption investigation -- at the very moment that..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hays County: Teen District Clerk Drops Suit Against D.A.

"...seek the removal of a D.A. who adopts a policy limiting the prosecution of any particular offense – for..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: Cold as ICE

For Trump, ICE, and Abbott, tyranny and dishonesty go hand-in-hand

"...retribution for official ICE annoyance at the change in policy of the Travis County Sheriff's Office under new Sheriff..."

March 24, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Brass Shuffle at APD

Up, Down, and Sideways Among Police Commanders

"...least, similar romantic relationships have been reviewed for possible policy violations. Asked about the apparent break from tradition, Chief..."

May 2, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

District Eternity

As Ronnie Earle steps down, he looks back on his life's work

"...around the concept of "community justice" – including diversionary drug courts, child-abuse prevention, family-violence prevention, community justice councils, and..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

Reefer Madness

On the alcohol-marijuana equalization movement's frontlines with Mason Tvert

"...The 25-year-old Arizona native wanted to work in public policy but had no idea where he'd end up working..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Rowdy West Coast Raid; and Poll Indicates Populace is Mellowing About Pot

"...Drug Enforcement Administration narcos picked up where they left off..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

A drug warrior seeks to censor opposing viewpoints

"...The Marijuana Policy Project reports that U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook, R-Okla., has..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

Let's Imprison Everybody!

"...It's been a busy couple of weeks for top drug cop John Walters, head of the White House Office..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in some departments until recently as a matter of policy...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...big parking lot. One thing they're looking for is drugs. The area has a notorious, decades-long reputation for narco-trafficking...."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Reefer Madness

Is "Extreme Ecstasy" a serious or pretend problem?

"...be a new year, but that hasn't stopped U.S. drug czar John Walters from pulling out his bag of..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: This Is Your Brain on Drugs

ONDCP's latest attempt at scaring you into believing marijuana is bad is pure propaganda

"...(and ever more sad) White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, "retro" is just plainass embarrassing...."

June 29, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

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