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The Best Little Checkpoint in Texas
A dramatic increase in border security over the past six years has made the Sierra Blanca inspection station one of the nation’s toughest. And I oughta know.
July 24, 2013 | by Al Reinert | Drugs
Legalize Drugs
May 1, 2009 | by Ray Benson | Feature
Texas Began Stockpiling Execution Drugs Before Shortage

A scoop from the Austin American-Statesman reveals the state spent $50,000 buying up the drugs last year before other states scrambled to get them from sources abroad.

June 22, 2012 | by Sonia Smith
Death Penalty Drugs: From Three to One

A shortage of pancuronium bromide forced the state to abandon the three-drug cocktail it has used to execute prisoners since 1982. But another drug has surfaced that will do the job. 

July 12, 2012 | by Alison Finney
Can Kids On Drugs Be Saved?
Drug treatment seldom works: at many centers, greedy entrepreneurs prey on frightened parents and troubled kids. But one teenager’s parents decided to take one last, desperate step: they sent their son to the toughest program in Texas.
June 1, 1990 | by Skip Hollandsworth | Feature
Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll
When the double life of pioneering record producer Huey Meaux was exposed, it was time to face the music: How well did I really know the legend I once called my friend?
May 1, 1996 | by Joe Nick Patoski | Feature
Sax & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Bobby Keys and the Rolling Stones: behind one of pop music's most famous solos.
December 1, 2012 | by Michael Corcoran | Music
Another Celebrity Allegedly Caught at Sierra Blanca Border Checkpoint with Drugs

This time, Armie Hammer, who played the Winklevii twins in The Social Network, was (allegedly) busted with "special" sweets.  

January 27, 2012 | by Sonia Smith
HiPhone 5? East Texas Principal Warns that Teens are Using Phone App to Get High

Gilmer High School Principal released a statement to parents cautioning against use of digital drugs as a danger to East Texas teens.

September 28, 2012 | by Chuck Matula
Just an Old Story
| by Paul Burka

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