John Blosser

Investigative Reporter

ABOUT

John is a Florida-based investigative journalist and magazine reporter who has been a writer his entire life. He has covered everything from entertainment to medical news, and has traveled the world—from Brazil to Russia and Canada to Rome—in search of the truth and a good story.

LATEST STORIES

MENTAL HEALTH

Study Uncovers 750 Incidents of Coercion and Abuse in UK Psychiatric Facilities

Psychiatric staff in the UK restrained, humiliated and assaulted vulnerable patients while colleagues turned a blind eye. A disturbing new study reveals just how deep the abuse goes.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Taxpayer-Funded Secrecy: How Agencies Stonewall FOIA Requests

From CIA fudge recipes to $2 million invoices for requests, public officials are making a mockery of transparency laws—often at the public’s expense.

MENTAL HEALTH

Study Shreds Claims Behind Psychiatry’s Push for LSD

Funded by a drug company, the study hoped to prove the “benefits” of dropping acid. Instead, once again, psychiatry’s dangerous miracle cures fizzle under scrutiny.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bill to Shield Lawmakers from Transparency Advances in West Virginia

West Virginia legislators are moving to exempt themselves from FOIA. If passed, the bill would end public accountability in the Mountain State.

MENTAL HEALTH

NY Legislature Blocks Governor’s Involuntary Commitment Plan

Governor Kathy Hochul wanted to gut protections and expand psychiatric human rights abuse. New York lawmakers said no.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Quebec Moves to Expand Ban on Religious Symbols in Schools, Threatening Religious Freedom

Quebec is taking religious intolerance to new levels—pushing to expand its ban on religious symbols from teachers to students and even parents picking up their kids at school.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Exemptions Gut Florida FOI Laws—A Constant Assault on Government Transparency

Legislators have passed over 1,100 exemptions to Florida’s Sunshine Law. From Dale Earnhardt’s 2001 autopsy to the governor’s travel plans, the public are left in the dark.

DRUGS

Fentanyl Poisoning of Kids Leaps Nearly 1,000 Percent, New Study Says

“An infinitesimally small amount of this poison can come in contact with a child and result in that child’s death,” says the Suffolk County DA. Authorities are outraged, but kids are dying anyway.

DRUGS

UN Report Details Global Killing Power of New Synthetic Opioids

As much as 2,000 times stronger than heroin, synthetics are fueling an epidemic of death.

MENTAL HEALTH

One Woman’s 45 Years of Confinement Shine a Shameful Light on Psychiatry

Thousands of people with autism and learning difficulties remain locked up inside the UK’s insidious psychiatric system for no reason—and with little hope of release.