Stories by Jordan Smith
Jordan Michael Smith is a press officer at the Project on National Security Reform. His views are not necessarily those of PNSR's.
He's the most loathed political figure since the advent of public opinion polling, but Bush is set to rake in big bucks on the rubber-chicken circuit.
Posted on Jan 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Just in time for the Olympics, the U.S. takes the gold medal in several drug use categories, according to a recent WHO report.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, Source: Austin Chronicle
Nobody in their right mind would want to eat cannabis-flavored candy. Or would they? Lawmakers and confectioners hash out the hemp candy craze.
Posted on Jul 14, 2005, Source: Austin Chronicle
Five states -- Hawaii, Montana, Kentucky, West Virginia and North Dakota -- currently have laws that legalize and regulate hemp farming; similar legislation is pending in California, Oregon and New Hampshire.
Posted on Apr 18, 2005, Source: Austin Chronicle
A Texas state representative has introduced a bill to prevent prosecution of medical marijuana users; federal drug czar John Walters is still dispensing misinformation.
Posted on Mar 1, 2005, Source: Austin Chronicle
Medical marijuana advocates demand that the government stop spreading misinformation about the medical use of pot.
Posted on Oct 19, 2004, Source: Austin Chronicle
In two sets of felony drug cases in a 'tough on crime' Texas county, only the African American defendants end up on the heavy side of justice's scales.
Posted on Sep 25, 2004, Source: Austin Chronicle
Drug czar John Walters tries to convince Americans that Canadian pot is 'the crack of marijuana.'
Posted on Sep 10, 2004, Source: Austin Chronicle
A new online database lets users – and people charged with drug crimes – post and gather information about local police, federal agents and police informants.
Posted on Sep 3, 2004, Source: Austin Chronicle
Coming soon to your local newspaper: The U.S. Department of Justice has taken to churning out prewritten op-ed pieces in support of mandatory minimum sentencing requirements.
Posted on Aug 27, 2004, Source: Austin Chronicle
If the death penalty is supposed to be a deterrent, executing a rehabilitated man will serve as a deterrent to redemption.
Posted on Aug 23, 2004, Source: Austin Chronicle
Drug reform steps up to the plate with medical-marijuana, decriminalization or industrial-hemp legislation pending in 13 states.
Posted on Mar 27, 2003, Source: Austin Chronicle
It's baaaack. The proposed and extremely draconian, Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act has reemerged in Congress.
Posted on Mar 17, 2003, Source: Austin Chronicle
