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
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.
DRUGS
Drugs and Murder Go Hand in Hand, New UK Stats Reveal
Some 56 percent of all 570 homicides in England and Wales were related to drugs—highlighting the ineffectiveness of the “harm reduction” model.
DRUGS
Olympic Snowboarder Turned Drug Lord Is Now Wanted Internationally
Ryan Wedding’s story starts as an Olympian, but ends as a wanted fugitive. When found, he faces life in prison—the price of a wasted life.
MENTAL HEALTH
UN Demands “Human Rights–Based Approach” to Mental Health
Recognizing decades of coercive and abusive psychiatric “treatment,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for urgent change.
DRUGS
Forty-Five-Year Sentence For Day Care Operator Who Killed One-Year-Old With Fentanyl
“Day care” was just a front for a fentanyl operation. Three other children required Narcan to survive.
MENTAL HEALTH
Florida’s Baker Act Leaves Trail of Harm for Involuntarily Committed Veterans
The ease of being involuntarily committed under Florida law discourages many veterans from seeking help. Jordan Hunkin’s suicide is a too-common outcome.
MENTAL HEALTH
Scotland’s Skye House Psych Hospital for Children Is a Horror House of Abuse
Forced drugging, restraint of patients, brutality, cruelty, mockery and abuse were recently dragged out into the open by a startling BBC documentary.
