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HUMAN RIGHTS
From Abolition to Backpage: How Tony Ortega Enabled Modern-Day Sexual Slavery
Two centuries ago, US Congress banned the slave trade. Against that backdrop, Tony Ortega’s defense of Backpage child sex trafficking shows how exploitation evolves—and enablers evade accountability.
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric Trade Journal Admits Severe SSRI Withdrawal Is Common and Prolonged
After decades of warnings from watchdogs and researchers, the psychiatric establishment finally acknowledges that stopping SSRIs can trigger debilitating physical and mental effects.
MENTAL HEALTH
Utah Could Be the Next State to Ban Electroshock for Minors
FDA still allows ECT for children as young as 13 despite mounting evidence of harm and global calls to outlaw the practice.
MENTAL HEALTH
Korean Human Rights Commission Finds Psychiatric Hospital Illegally Restrained Patients for Months
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea says 53 patients were falsely labeled “voluntary” admissions and 52 were illegitimately restrained.
DRUGS
Teen Cannabis Use Linked to Serious Mental Health Diagnoses Later in Life
Tracking 460,000 teens with no prior mental health problems, researchers found those who used cannabis faced sharply higher rates of serious psychiatric diagnoses by young adulthood.
HUMAN RIGHTS
German Federal Court Rules Employers Cannot Discriminate Against Applicants for Religious Attire
Germany’s highest labor court awards €3,500 to a Muslim woman denied a job because of her hijab. In a nation facing persistent anti-Muslim discrimination, the decision marks a landmark victory for religious rights.
MENTAL HEALTH
Major Study Finds 0 of 22 New Psychiatric Drugs Were Clinically Helpful
The peer‑reviewed analysis reveals that psychotropics have failed to produce benefit for patients even as their use has surged and serious risks accumulate, prompting calls for regulatory overhaul.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Epstein Fallout Widens as Scrutiny Turns to Tony Ortega’s History Defending Pedophiles
Amid the collapse of careers over even distant ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Tony Ortega’s public contempt for efforts to expose predators set the stage for a lifetime of defending the sexual exploitation of kids.
HATE
Savanna Neighbors Ordered to Pay $100,000 in Illinois’ First Civil Hate Crime Case Over Racist Harassment
Attorney General Kwame Raoul secured the first victory under Illinois’ amended Hate Crime Act after a Black homeowner was terrorized with swastikas, a Confederate flag and a lynched effigy. The ruling comes as hate crimes surge statewide.
MENTAL HEALTH
Involuntary ECT on the Rise in Connecticut as Patient Alleges Forced Electroshock Destroyed His Life
Despite UN calls for bans on involuntary electroshock, new applications for forced ECT at two Connecticut hospitals soared 650 percent in four years—highlighting alarming gaps in consent and patient protections.
DRUGS
Brooklyn Drug Dealer Charged After Abandoning 4-Year-Old Son to Die From Fentanyl
Yitzchok “Isak” Sklar reportedly left his dying son in a family shelter while fleeing to hide his drug stash. Sklar and his drug supplier kept selling fentanyl after the boy’s death, and now face federal charges.
DRUGS
Nearly 1 in 4 Injured Drivers Test Positive for Drugs, Victoria Study Finds
A Monash University analysis of blood tests shows nearly a quarter of injured drivers had illicit drugs in their system. “It’s scary to all of us,” notes a public safety advocate on the rising trend of drugged driving.
