X Games X-Factors: Heat, Booze, and Meth

EMS almost forced to activate disaster plan

"...many of whom were reportedly strung out on crystal meth. In fact, on Saturday night, June 7, the situation..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Meth, Madness, and Death

Capital case tests limits of insanity defense

"...Texas, when Sprouse, still reeling from the effects of methamphetamine, pulled into the Ferris Food Mart with a shotgun..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Needle and the Damage Done

Meth Storm: Arkansas USA lays it down on both sides of the law

"...drugs," explains Craig Renaud, co-director (with brother Brent) of Meth Storm: Arkansas USA, an affecting documentary chronicling a troubled..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...is a character study, more akin to the Ozark meth-head bluegrass of Winter's Bone or the raw elegy of..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Columbus

A gorgeous and resonant tale of two loners

"...a sober companion to her mother (Forbes), a recovering meth addict. Even though they are not similar in age,..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Captive

Ripped-from-the-headlines movie about a hostage crisis defused by a devotional book

"...appears to cause skeptical film critics to snooze through something akin to The Desperate Hours meets Sunday school. An..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Homefront

This Jason Statham actioner is mostly predictable, but throws a few curveballs and ends up being surprisingly entertaining.

"...that is not to be as he encounters a meth-crazed redneck (Bosworth), her speed-manufacturing evil brother – the aptly..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Last Days Here

The three-decade descent into full-time drug-taking by Bobby Liebling, the theatrical lead singer of the hard-rock group Pentagram, is revealed in this moving documentary.

"...parents’ suburban Maryland "sub-basement" smoking crack, shooting heroin, doing meth, and generally being a trollish rock & roll disaster...."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Next Three Days

Russell Crowe plays a man who improbably springs his wife from prison where she's been incarcerated for life.

"...do the bullets go?" to a shoot-’em-up at a meth lab in a matter of scenes?). There's only one..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Step Brothers

Will Ferrell's newest is a lot like Will Ferrell's oldest, which is to say it feels like an amped-up Saturday Night Live skit.

"...on a heaping helping of sugar-infused Count Suckula breakfast meth. It's all over the place, and it will make..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kicking & Screaming

Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, and Mike Ditka all appear together in a film that sings the praises of kids soccer and caffeine addiction.

"...of victory and ends up drawing as close to meth addiction as a PG film can go. It’s a..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The House Is Rockin’

A final tune for ‘Breaking Bad’

"...winds to a close Sunday. For all of the meth-slinging, backstabbing, and general destruction of humanity, one of the..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...January and again in October, WCSO detectives dismantled two methamphetamine lab operations – one near Georgetown and one further..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Luv Doc: Just Exhausted

You might be the gardener

"...Whether it's a scabby, rotten-toothed biker selling brown crystal meth in Ziploc baggies or a lab-coated CVS pharmacist doling..."

March 31, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Family Friendly

Getting to know the neighbors

"...for you it doesn’t sound like your neighbors are meth dealers. I lived next door to some of those..."

March 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Fathers of Football

Oklahoma high school football documentary could have gone deeper

"...mother puts it, “Hey, it’s a better pastime than meth.” And she’s kinda right, because while football takes a..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Luv Doc: Embarrassing Stupidity

Yes, there have been some mulligans

"...It also has the repulsive aroma of Okie trash-can meth...."

Jan. 11, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Reporters Love Drugs

Two things reporters love: free food and drugs on display!

"...The rise of the urban meth lab in recent years has done wonders for the..."

July 29, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

A Drink to 'Blood Punch'

Strap in for a bloody good time

"...need to know, a young man in rehab for meth addiction meets a young woman looking for a meth..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Events Post by Josette Chen

Luv Doc Recommends: PDAP Benefit with Kelly Willis and Patrice Pike

Antone's, Friday, September 12, 2008

"...can probably cook up a cheap batch of trashcan meth, but in the long run, you're better off directing..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...the pair had been following him, so he shouted something at them as they rode by. The pair made..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Doesn't Like Celebrating Being 'Jacked Up'

"...joys of binge-drinking and DWI, I'm sure that the meth crowd won't fail to appreciate the message. Besides drinking..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Postmarks

About AIDS

Enough with the NYC 'superbug'!

"...on about the gay male patient and his crystal meth-fueled sex binges. (It ran in Austin two days later.)..."

March 11, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Thank God It's Friday

UT grad Christian McLaughlin discusses Spyder Games, his MTV "soap opera on crack."

"...only been married for a week, Temple suggests crystal methamphetamine to spice up their love life. Julie rejects that..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...Craft mixes a turntableful of disparate elements to create something new and strangely wonderful with no seams and nary..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Adventures abound all the way up to Albuquerque

"...of the drug-dealing gang, then the souvenir shop has something for you. Added to the usual assortment of souvenir..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Four Good Days

Bland rehab drama is more wasted than its characters

"...does give them are two extremely distracting accessories. The “meth mouth” teeth prosthetic Kunis’ character sports not only lazily..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Opinion: Drug Use Is the Reality for Millions. There Are Ways to Make It Safer.

A paramedic and harm reductionist highlights resources in Austin to reduce risks associated with using drugs

"...charges, including a current UT student and several alumni. Something mentioned to the press as a casual aside was..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Column by Claire Zagorski

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to the DEA, 2,200 pounds of meth is enough for 1 dose for everyone in the..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Vanished

Thomas Jane and Anne Heche hunt for their daughter, and everyone's a suspect

"...the abductor the newly-weds in the neighboring RV? The meth-head groundskeeper (Haydon, who at least has a character to..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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