Tag Archives: Drugs
Author Michael Pollan on the Power and Promise of Psychedelics
A rigorous, nerdy, funny and deeply moving book, "How to Change Your Mind" makes a strong case that LSD and mushrooms can do just that.
I admit to feeling an illicit thrill when I opened Michael Pollan’s new book. The third page bears a stern disclaimer, warning that “This book relates the a...Read More
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’ is a Pleasant Flashback to One of the Wildest Stories of the ’60s
In this deeply reported new book, two Texas authors interrogate the deeper meaning of Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and LSD.
I was born in 1967. The 1960s, for me and most people my age and younger, are almost purely an abstraction. I’ve familiarized myself with more than a few face...Read More
Strangest State: Biblical Fossils, Ebola Meth and a Push-Up King
In this month's weird news from far-flung Texas, a Tyler man believes he's found biblical history in his back yard, and the unofficial Popeye of Victoria....Read More
Anabel Hernandez on Mexico’s Lost Drug War and Her New Book Narcoland
Melissa del Bosque interviews Anabel Hernadez, author of Narcoland, a new book on corruption and drug cartels in Mexico....Read More
Trial Focuses on Border Sheriff’s Knowledge of Corrupt Drug Task Force
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño denies knowing about actions of corrupt drug task force in 2nd day of his federal trial testimony. ...Read More
A Trial Reveals Depths of Drug-Related Corruption in Border County
The sheriff tried to act as though he had nothing to worry about. But the previous three days of testimony had made clear that he did have reason to worry....Read More
Book Review: Reporter Seeks Source
Alfredo Corchado’s new journalism memoir, Midnight in Mexico, is a whydunit with a conclusion more compelling than Citizen Kane’s “Rosebud.”...Read More
