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Oct. 24, 2003 Column
The Missoula Study
"...dosage of a standardized, heat-sterilized quality-controlled supply of low-grade marijuana for 11 to 27 years."..."
June 20, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say
Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court
"...for days but, he told the Chronicle, the jail's medical team had provided no care. It wasn't until Nicholas'..."
Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...references research showing that gender-affirming care is the appropriate medical response for gender dysphoria and states, among other things,..."
May 3, 2024 News Feature
Reefer Roundup: 12/9/11
Get your fix of drug war news
"...for drugs that are highly addictive and have no medical uses – all "cannabimimetic" drugs, that is, synthetics that..."
Dec. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith
He Should Have Smoked Pot Rather Than Drinking
"...legality of it. As for being "strung out" on marijuana, that is far less likely than people becoming "strung..."
June 15, 2007 Postmarks
Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years
Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future
"...nose and eyes, you might think you're on a marijuana farm, but this is harvest time in Texas. It..."
Nov. 6, 2020 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin
Council Hears Emotional Pleas for Change in Austin Police Leadership at Emergency Hearings
CMs join community in denouncing police violence at protests
"...head with a lead-pellet bag. Doctors at Dell Seton Medical Center told the family that Ayala was in critical..."
June 5, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...and City of Austin departments, including police, fire, Emergency Medical Systems, UT, Austin Community College, AISD, Capital Metro, Pflugerville,..."
April 4, 1997 News Feature
Justice or Vengeance?
A tale of tragedy and punishment in Williamson County
"...worrying whether the police were going to find their marijuana and alcohol than taking a seriously injured person to..."
Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Want to Sell Cannabidiol in Texas?
You’re going to need more money
"...Abbott signed the Texas Compassionate Use Act into law, marijuana reform advocates were cautiously optimistic about how the core..."
March 24, 2017 News Feature by Montinique Monroe
Reefer Madness: Kicking the Drug War Habit
More of the same under Obama's new drug czar?
"...their lifetimes; more than 102 million said they'd used marijuana or hash. Those numbers are up slightly over the..."
Oct. 2, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith
Pause/Play
Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer
"...– not Shapter – has completed treatment. Two emergency medical technicians steer a man reclined on a stretcher near..."
Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell
Top 10 2007 Joints
Reefer Madness
"...– downgraded a host of minor crimes, including minor marijuana possession, to ticket-only offenses, offering police the option to..."
Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
"...Saturday, head over to Austin's installment of the Million Marijuana March -- coinciding protests held around the world to..."
May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Page Two
"...medal - pending appeal - for testing positive for marijuana.)..."
Feb. 13, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro
Surviving COVID-19: Ray Benson Lives to Tell
Asleep at the Wheel turns your living room into a dance floor
"...already done a little bit of politicking on the medical side. I was on the Marijuana Policy Project board..."
July 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
K2 Rampages Red River
K2 continues its Downtown rampage. What can the city do?
"...years, the Austin Police Department, Austin Fire, and Emergency Medical Services have collectively grappled with this poisonous drug, which..."
April 7, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Criminal Justice: Weed and Weapons
Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session
"...The tone for new marijuana initiatives was set March 2014, when Tea Party favorite..."
June 5, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
WilCo Pot Baker Takes a Plea
Lavoro might avoid jail time
"...arrested in April when police found a pound of marijuana and 660 grams of pot brownies and cookies in..."
Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Will Texas Do Better?
Familiar efforts to decriminalize weed and criminalize salvia are unlikely to pass
"...Nationally, public opinion is firmly in favor of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use, and public support is growing for..."
Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Reefer Madness
War on Prohibition is the new War on Drugs
"...seemingly arbitrarily – by their relative addictiveness and by "medically acceptable" uses]. Among Schedule I drugs is marijuana, which..."
Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith
Weed Watch
Orrin Hatch, drug law reformer?
"...In other news, marijuana law reform advocates are anxiously awaiting a ruling from..."
Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
"...The two highest-profile incidents, in Atlanta and Chicago, involved medical malpractice and rape cases, with no political import.Headlines• If..."
April 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Weed Watch
Latest dispatches from the drug war
"...254), which would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and downgrade sentences for possession of larger amounts. (Dutton..."
Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.Naked City• Deputy Medical Examiner Suzanna Dana resigned last week from her position..."
March 10, 2006 News Feature
In Wake of SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade, Austin City Council Fast-Tracks Abortion Decriminalization Act
Special called meeting set for week of July 18
"...Casar to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. As was the case then, the GRACE Act argues..."
June 24, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders
The State of Delta-8: Booming Business?
And how potential cannabis reform could affect business
"...which is the most well-known and discussed ingredient in marijuana, and produces a much milder "high."..."
April 16, 2021 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin
Headlines
"...Nurse Nina Pham, one of the Dallas medical professionals who contracted Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan,..."
March 6, 2015 News Feature
Humboldt County
This fine ensemble piece – thoughtful and cheering, even giddy in stabs – presents a seriocomic, sympathetic portrait of a pot-growing family operating along the coast of Northern California.
"...real Humboldt County, Calif. (America's No. 1 producer of marijuana, medical and otherwise, should you wonder). Strong plays an..."
