The Austin Chronic – Which Is Better: Marijuana or Fentanyl?

According to the government, cannabis is scarier than the drug killing over 150 people a day

"...take a dab rip during a State of the Union speech to prove to me he's not a cop,..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The War on Drugs

"...The War on DrugsLost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)..."

May 2, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

U.S. Government Gone Rogue

"...Dear Editor, I think the American government has gone rogue and no longer follows the will of the..."

July 12, 2011 Postmarks

Securing the Substance

Richard Linklater on his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly

"...core. You walk out of the theatre dazed and confused, unsure of whether what you've just witnessed is fiction..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Weed Watch

Chronic-pain specialists are just drug dealers in disguise, say federal narcs

"...On Dec. 16, Virginia pain doctor William Hurwitz was found..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...I am perplexed by the motives of your Music section. As co-owner of Room 710 (the one who fronted..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

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Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...The recent cover story in The Austin Chronicle by Kevin Fullerton ["House of Cards," Oct. 22] was..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

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Run, Max, Run

"...I would like to respond to your editorial calling for Max Nofziger to withdraw..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

Reefer Madness: A Victory for Proportional Sentencing

The House Judiciary Committee has voted to end the disparity between sentences for crack and powder cocaine

"...After years of urging by federal judges, especially those on the United States Sentencing Commission, members of the House..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Disillusionment Inevitable..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Former APD Officer "Speaks"

Former Austin Police Officer Tim Enlow lashes out at the department's renewed campaign to conquer drug dealing, prostitution, and other crimes in the Rundberg area neighborhood.

"...Police Officer Tim Enlow sent an e-mail to Texas Monthly publisher Mike Levy in which he lashed out at..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Still Hazy After All These Years

The Seventies may be long gone, but counterculture comedian Tommy Chong is still here and still doing what he loves: smoking dope, playing music, and making people laugh.

"...I have to confess that when I called Tommy Chong at 8:30 on..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature

The DARE Debate

Austin Police Kick Drug Prevention Program

"...by Doug Potter DARE, the world's most popular drug prevention program, just lost another customer. The city of Austin..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

SXSW Music: Thursday

"...Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band..."

March 20, 2015 Photo Gallery

Top 10 Joints

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

"...Birthday 2011 marked the big 4-0 for the drug war, officially begun under President Richard Nixon on June 17,..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

"...She'd first taken the drug while on a double date when she was 15. She'd been..."

March 26, 2010 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

"...In March, just two months after he was hired, Ryan Blum-Kryzstal was fired from..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...In response to Nick Barbaro's January 18 "Page Two" concerning the..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Reefer Roundup: 12/9/11

Get your fix of drug war news

"...Lowe nets Family House big cash, feds ban more drugs, Seattle cops get addicts into treatment, lawmakers ask for..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Politics Gift Guide

Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year

"...Tales of the Really White Vigilante: Volume ThreeSchliefkevision, $15..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Reefer Madness

Pot is the gateway to hell. Who knew?

"...In 1972, Republican former Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond Shafer presented to the president the findings and recommendations..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

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

"...John Walters, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, made an appearance at the New..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tomorrow, “Safer Together” Concerts Bring Awareness to Overdose Deaths

Free shows at Mohawk, Empire, and the Green Jay fundraise for SIMS

"...Travis County Medical Examiner, this makes overdose last year’s second-leading cause of accidental death...."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

A Thousand Cuts

Lives on the line as press freedoms are threatened in Duterte's Philippines

"...Directed by: Ramona S. Diaz...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Why Isn't LSD Legal?

Trip on this with Lana Lesley, Denise Prince, Mickle Maher, and more.

"...substance first synthesized by Dr. Albert Hofmann and most commonly dispersed on bits of blotter paper or, more rarely,..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Time for Another Graphic Novadose of That Kramer’s Ergot

Sammy Harkham’s new anthology is one long & strange & stunning trip

"...You’ve done drugs, right?..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

"...of our Q&A Hole series, wherein your reporter asks questions of various interesting people around Austin and beyond...."

Jan. 19, 2015 Chronolog Post

Drug Demonization Hurts Pain Patients

"...Dear Editor, Prescription drugs are in the news a lot these days...."

Jan. 6, 2012 Postmarks

Reefer Roundup: 4/22/11

It's baaaaack!

"...there's a lot of drug news to catch up on, so let's get to it...."

April 22, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Prohibitions Are Senseless Exercises

"...[“Reefer Madness,” News, Aug. 31], and I commend the Chronicle for devoting a regular column to the war on..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Postmarks

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