Reefer Madness

Results of new study suggest environmental factors have more influence on behavior than government would like us to believe

"...Center have hammered another nail into the government's beloved "gateway theory," which posits, in part, that the use of..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Big time drug policy pusher swoops in on Austin

"...Madras trained her czarina guns on pot as the "gateway" to a life of hard-drug use. Teens who use..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Jordan Smith

Paul v. Baldwin

Rep. Ron Paul debates pot prohibition with actor Stephen Baldwin

"...job of parroting the fed claim of a so-called "gateway theory" of drug use, but, as is the case..."

March 16, 2009 News Post 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

"...use other drugs (the feds' beloved, yet completely unsubstantiated "gateway theory") and are five times more likely to steal;..."

June 29, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...sure that whatever goes there can function as a Downtown-gateway multimodal transportation hub. Seaholm could end up being –..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rehabilitation or Torture?

Texas prison inmates say their 'therapy' has taken a dark turn

"...of Corrections officers and personnel employed by nonprofit operator Gateway Foundation of Chicago, the SAFPFs (referred to colloquially as..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Will 'Safe-P' and TDCJ Be Held Accountable?

Legislative committee will hear testimony on a controversial substance abuse treatment program

"...known as SAFPF or "Safe-P"), operated by the Chicago-based Gateway Foundation under a contract worth, according to TDCJ, $38..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...before the SBOE is whether or not Darwinian evolution theory will be fully and completely presented in biology textbooks,..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...within each of these, three different "scale zones" – Gateway, Midway, and Transition – to help the TOD zones..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...the city of Austin. Technically, it's called the North Burnet/Gateway area. But there's a simpler name for it: Downtown..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Barbie

The doll that changed the world faces the world she changed in this fizzy meta-comedy

"...fuck up a kid’s relationship to her body? A gateway to the imagination, or a slammed door? Barbie, the..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Relief for Rodney Reed

The piecemeal appeals process isn't doing the death row inmate any favors

"...evidence presented by Reed's defenders did not meet the "gateway" requirement for establishing a case that Reed might actually..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The "Yuppie Chow" Market

Austin's Grocery Stores Duke It Out

"...without health and beauty products, subscribing instead to a theory befitting a 1990s hedonist: eat, drink, and be merry..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

Is "progress" an unconscious compulsion?

"...of Dreams, a book that became the ornate, gargoyle-studded gateway to the study and practice of psychology -- an..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

In Play

Thatgamecompany puts out another experimental release that dazzles the eyes and the mind

"...person." The company's innovative and experimental output serve as gateway games for casual gamers to engage with the somewhat..."

March 30, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Reefer Madness

But DEA still refuses to admit hemp and pot are different crops

"...at North Dakota State University in 1999). The DEA theory that justifies their choke hold on domestic hemp production..."

March 16, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...like the idea of a water park as "the gateway to our city." Council Member Ken Evans agrees. "It..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Good news! Marijuana use remains steady.

"...categories of illicit drugs) – the survey is, in theory, meant to provide some national barometer of drug use...."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...reconstruction of a treasured two-lane roadway -- the inner gateway to Zilker Park and Barton Springs Pool, and home..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Film Interview: The Cellar

How Brendan Muldowney brought fun and family into his horror

"...before I even came to the idea of string theory, and There was a whole bit cut out with..."

March 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...learn bass playing, you learn lead playing, you learn theory, you learn everything interacts musically. Technically, it's like a..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tilling the Soil of Tomorrow

How one design firm is tackling technology gaps to build the farm of the future

"...well – could be, for the mAgri farmers, a gateway toward the farm of the future...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Excessive Force

Peace Officer explores the rise of police militarization

"...answers in their own cases, he became the film's gateway to these other stories. As the survivors' ranks grew,..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Climbing Mount Compost

Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program

"...that volunteers pick up. The grounds are a good gateway to composting, she says; they're easy to collect from..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Q&A Hole: Why Is Marijuana Still Illegal in Most of the U.S.?

With Ngaio Bealum, Alan Metoskie, Chris Nicholas, and Maggie Gallant

"...momentum. And unlike pot, gay marriage isn’t even a gateway – unless it’s to equality and happiness, and where’s..."

Jan. 19, 2015 Chronolog Post

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...Designed, in theory, to accomplish the laudable goal of identifying serious felons..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Despite Opposition, Sheriff 'S-Comm' Hamilton Rolls On

Hamilton holds firm despite 3rd Circuit ruling

"...according to the Transactional Records Access Clear­ing­house database. In theory intended to target hardened criminals, the S-Comm initiative has..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Five Decades of The Doctor

Our resident Brit examines the 50th anniversary of 'Doctor Who'

"...My personal theory is that the Doctor is, in each incarnation, a..."

Nov. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jon Reiss Drops a 'Bomb' on Graffiti World

'Bomb It 2' screens at the Drafthouse Aug. 7

"...why the first film touched on the Broken Windows theory, which advocates zero tolerance for urban vandalism; the argument..."

July 31, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything Went Black: I Was Dead Before Dead Was Cool

Shoot him in the head. He's dead, he's all messed up

"...for those of us who had been weened on gateway doom-druggies Romero, Lucio Fulci, and even Peter Jackson (Dead/Alive),..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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