TYC denies rights were violated at Evins, asks for two years of monitoring

"Texas Youth Commission leaders are rejecting federal findings that young prisoners’ civil rights were violated at the Edinburg lockup, according to a letter from a state lawyer to the U.S. Department of Justice dated Tuesday. "

Firefighters inhaled as ton of pot burned, chief says

"EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- Firefighters who spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 2,000 pounds of marijuana went up in smoke breathed so much of it that they would have failed a drug test, a fire chief said."I wonder if this qualifies for hazardous duty pay?  Heh.