Kevin Curtin

Executive Director Catina Voellinger responds to Ken Paxton’s crusade to recriminalize marijuana in Austin

Fearmongering prevails over pro-business posture and rights of Texans

Austinite launches new docuseries Hittin’ the High Road

Gov. Abbott now aims to regulate Texas’ consumable hemp industry with special session

Plus medical dispensaries gear up for a big year and a look at the special session

Plus thoughts on bong cleanliness and the reanimated THC ban

Our cannabis columnist is on the hunt for his replacement

The Chronic knows a place

The industry survives Dan Patrick’s total THC ban, but there are still changes ahead for hemp dispensaries

“I knew why those movies weren’t successful,” John Waters reflects on the Sixties cinema gimmick Smell-O-Vision, in which films were attempted to be enhanced by scents being piped into theaters. “It was because they had nice smells. I wanted bad ones.” Screenings of his 1981 black comedy Polyester, starring Divine as a suburban mother besieged […]