LA Weekly Drug Issue

Way back in 2001, the editorial staff of LA Weekly decided to create a special issue dedicated entirely to the topic of nonprescription drugs. I always looked forward to special issues, particularly when I had plenty of warning and a decent budget. Working with then-associate art director, Dana Collins, we began to assign full-page pieces to some of the best image makers we knew. I pushed the whole thing in an almanac/American vernacular direction that let us pack the type in readably, while opening up plenty of art space — by tabloid standards at least. Here are pages from the actual issue…