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Web-Washing at the HHS
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services appears once again to be removing material from its Web site that doesn't agree with conservatives
"...HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, complaining about the inclusion of substance abuse and treatment information geared toward the gay, lesbian,..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...mentally challenged or deep in the throes of a substance abuse problem...."

April 14, 2006 Column

Christopher Gray Delusional?
"...mentally challenged or deep in the throws of a substance abuse problem. One day at a time Christopher, one..."

April 10, 2006 Postmarks

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"...an individual more harshly for using the less harmful substance...."

March 17, 2006 Column

Alcohol More Harmful Than Marijuana
"...an individual more harshly for using the less harmful substance. Alcohol use makes domestic violence eight times more likely..."

March 14, 2006 Postmarks

Weed Watch
Fed lawmakers cut funding for White House Office of the National Drug Control Policy's much-ridiculed Anti-Drug Media Campaign; and new stats about Americans' pot-smoking habits amount to one more nail in prohibitionists' coffin
"...European Union nations to 2003 data from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the EMCDDA reports..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Life and Work, Light and Dark
How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'
"...following this memory-erasing "cure" would be characterized by alcoholism, substance abuse, three failed marriages, and three children: a daughter,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

What Killed Michael Clark?
The official Travis Co. autopsy doesn't tell the whole story
"...and the liquid hemoglobin they contain becomes a gel-like substance, due to a genetic disorder known either as sickle..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Vote No on Proposition 2
"...about the negative aspects of a “gay lifestyle” (i.e., substance abuse, promiscuity) are determined as well to withhold the..."

Oct. 24, 2005 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Texas cities claim four of the seven top spots in per capita daily driving in the whole world
"...a study by the University of Maryland's Center for Substance Abuse Research, 9% of lifetime cannabis users met DSM-R-III..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Naked City
A continuing look at Drug War lunacy
"...positive for the nonpsychoactive marijuana metabolite THC-COOH (an inert substance created when the body processes tetrahydrocannibinol into a soluble..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Music Books
"...hair on your neck. That's after tales of inconceivable substance abuse, girls, sex, girls, and more sex, backstage fistfights,..."

May 27, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Hank Williams: Lost Highway
All in all, the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of 'Lost Highway' is a good musical for fans of Hank Williams looking for a nostalgic interlude
"...direction, most of the characters are underdeveloped and lack substance, which results in a rather negatively biased perspective on..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Cured HAAM
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is now served
"...to provide referrals and some financial aid for overcoming substance abuse. SXSW is one of many industry events in..."

May 13, 2005 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Letters at 3AM
The following examples of government mismanagement ought to be April Fools' jokes, but they're not
"...prescription drugs for mental health problems, or problems of substance abuse, than was the case only five years earlier"..."

April 1, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City
Attempts at decriminalizing, or at least lessening punishment, in Texas and elsewhere
"...– although Hodge expressed some reluctance at requiring court-ordered substance-abuse risk assessments (which she seemed to think was somewhat..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Soldier's Heart
Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them
"...discovered four major deficiencies: Mental health services were scattered; substance abuse programs had been reduced; the VA's mental health..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

Naked City
City rolls out its ambitious 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness
"...to increased emergency shelter, expanded housing, and funding for substance abuse treatment. Now, with a "federal mandate, [and] federal..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Supremes Take a Hit
The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?
"...as a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act, meaning it has a high potential for abuse..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Balancing' the Homeless
Proposed laws would recriminalize the usual suspects
"...housing, access to health care including mental health and substance abuse treatment, and livable wages."..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Diagnosed With Greed?
Drug dealers seek out Downtown homeless – with money and marketing
"...the clients struggle with. Many, for example, also have substance abuse and/or addiction problems, and all are financially strapped...."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lousy With Desire
Soulman Walter Tragert and the light at the end of the tunnel
"...A relationship that wasn't working out. Throw a little substance abuse on top and mix well. I just popped."..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

If You're White, It's All Right
The colors of justice in Williamson County
"...Each was charged with first-degree-felony "delivery of a controlled substance," punishable by up to life in prison. "What surprises..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Films Are Alive ...
Dispatches from the Toronto International Film Festival: No. 3
"...Ely, and others, Van Zandt had lifelong problems with substance abuse and settling down. Yet the flavor of his..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Common Sense Drug Policy Needed
"...time to end this madness and instead treat all substance abuse, legal or otherwise, as the public health problem..."

Aug. 30, 2004 Postmarks

TCB
Time to get suicide out of the bars and back in 'Heathers' where it belongs
"...their cases can be directly traced to misuse or abuse of controlled substances – and not even cocaine or..."

July 9, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Sheet Music
"...many of his generation, he was plagued by chronic substance-abuse problems and other personal demons. Albany's daughter Amy has..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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"...going on: Is this still a song about domestic abuse or is this guy really just clumsy? Finally, when..."

May 21, 2004 Column

Letters at 3AM
The United States military is moving inevitably toward reinstating the draft
"...other hand, kids with documented learning disabilities, psychiatric histories, substance abuse, antisocial behavior, and criminal records are more likely..."

May 14, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye
Friends is dead. Long live Friends. Now, can we move on?
"...(Chandler Bing) weight wildly fluctuated in time with his substance abuse problem. It's the end of seeing Ross (David..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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