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 Roundup 1/26/11

Your drug war news, all in one place!

"...Mexican soldiers have found a drug-smuggling tunnel near Reynosa, from which they seized more than..."

Jan. 26, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Congress considers yanking highway funds from states without "drugged-driving" laws

"...funding from states that fail to pass a stiff anti-drugged driving law. Porter's HR 3907 requires states to enact..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

South Carolina kids file suit against drug-bust stormtroopers.

"...city's Stratford High School in connection with a November drug raid there. On Nov. 5, cops in the Charleston..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...No Funds for the War on Drugs..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

Teens Still Smoke Pot

Would legalization lead to a decline?

"...flash: Teenagers use marijuana more than any other illicit drug, according to an annual report on adolescent drug use...."

Dec. 18, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Politics Gift Guide

Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year

"...buy some toys. Reefer ReadingThis Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America, John..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Walters' Wishful Thinking?

Police in Houston and El Paso say the cocaine trade is alive and well despite what Feds say about a supposed shortage.

"...well in their cities despite what officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration and White House Office of the National..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Anatomy of a Shooting

The circumstances around Jessie Lee Owens' shooting were anything but clear-cut

"...any departmental policies that evening – including the two policy violations for which, in theory, he was suspended...."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hundreds Die-In at Texas Capitol to Demand Movement on Overdose Crisis

Legalizing fentanyl test strips is only step one, advocates say

"...with the opioid overdose crisis, and to demand immediate policy changes at the state level to strengthen organizations like..."

Feb. 20, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

UDATED: Abortion Regulations Trial Begins in Federal Court

Contested provisions set to take effect Oct. 29

"...UPDATE: According to research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project, if provisions of the sweeping and controversial..."

Oct. 21, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Che: Part One

Steven Soderbergh’s filmmaking legacy is his aesthetic daring, and his latest – as massive and imperfect as it is – just might be his most daring work to date.

"...else would go from a heady epic about American drug policy (Traffic) to a remake of a Rat Pack..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Richardson Tells Bush to Back Off

Democratic Prez candidate Bill Richardson firES off a letter to Prez George W. Bush, urging him to end the feds' "heartless" policy of harassing seriously ill medi-pot patients.

"...W. Bush, urging him to end the feds' "heartless" policy of harassing seriously ill medi-pot patients who use the..."

Aug. 22, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Criminal Justice: From Headlines to Humane

"...Low-Level Drug Offenses: The third try might be the charm for..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 2

"...new controls over narco cops and so-called no-knock raids, policy changes prompted by the police shooting death last year..."

April 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Hemp, Hemp, Hemp, Hemp

"...reefer madness myths have long been discredited, forcing the drug war gravy train to spend millions of tax dollars..."

March 16, 2007 Postmarks

Weed Watch

Fox reconsiders drug legalization; and Beavis and Butt-head spike the teachers' brownies

"...Cracking under pressure – mainly applied by American Drug War soldiers – Mexican President Vicente Fox earlier this..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the circumstances, but it appears Doherty followed the LPD's policy on Taser use, Lt. Roy Bassett told the Associated..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Although the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a measure that would ban the DOJ from using taxpayer money to arrest, jail, and prosecute medi-pot patients in compliance with state law, the number of reps voting in favor of the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment is growing. Also, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act makes its debut.

"...tell very sick people that they cannot have the drug that could save their lives simply because of a..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...David BurksWar on Drugs Gets Even Stupider..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column

Weed Watch: Oh, All Right, Eat the Hemp

Feds give up three-year effort to ban foods with hemp seeds and oil

"...In 2001, the Drug Enforcement Administration declared that hemp food products were subject..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The anti-terror act used to bust Northwest dope-trade ring

"...alleging the pot smugglers had any terrorist connection, the Drug Reform Coordination Network reports. But Greenberg said that use..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

'I'm Not a Stoner!'

"...former President Richard Nixon's National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse that recommended that the federal government decriminalize both..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Lowdown

Corporatizing Our Public Parks; Common Sense on Drug Policy

"...that's a mighty loose loop around tasteless.Common Sense on Drug Policy Just as volcanic eruptions are earth-shattering, every now..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

After Initial Pushback, APD Quietly Adapts to Arrest Review

New policy will likely reduce the number of people arrested for small amounts of controlled substances

"...the policies is harm reduction, allowing people who use drugs to more often get treatment rather than punishment, and..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

MPP: Ready to Roll on Pot in Texas

The Marijuana Policy Project is rolling out a Texas legalization campaign

"...full-court press to change Texas pot laws: the Marijuana Policy Project, which has been the driving force behind successful..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness Revisited

The Marijuana Policy Project's Rob Kampia on the recent victories for legal marijuana

"...Rob Kampia, co-founder and executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, and what a difference those five years have..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Ground Zero for Zero Tolerance

Southwest Key becomes the local symbol of brutal U.S. policy

"...pounding for its involvement in the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy targeting undocumented immigrants, and the ongoing scandal of "separated..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Column by Michael King

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...a momentary sugar rush. It also explains the enduring drug cult around Alice...."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

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