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
DRUGS
UK Marijuana Boom Driven by Just 10 Doctors Writing Half of All Prescriptions
A handful of doctors is driving a massive prescription surge in the UK’s $6.6 billion-a-year medical cannabis industry—even as new data links the drug to higher rates of depression, anxiety and heart disease.
VIOLATIONS
Ashleigh Banfield’s Career Ends—Anti-Scientology Reporting Claims Another Victim
Having fallen to one of America’s least-watched cable news networks, even they rejected Ashleigh Banfield’s virulent hate—as did her former audience.
MENTAL HEALTH
Euthanasia Cases Surge as Psychiatrists Expand Abusive “Treatments” to Include Death
Assisted suicide is no longer limited to terminal illness, with psychiatric patients now deemed capable of giving “informed consent” to die—even as the same system treats them as too insane to live.
MENTAL HEALTH
Virginia Jury Awards $20 Million in Child Abuse Case at Psychiatric Facility
The jury deliberated only three hours before reaching their verdict, after video showed a psychiatric worker dragging a 13-year-old across a room by a shirt wrapped around his neck.
DRUGS
Child Welfare Caseworker Arrested for Fentanyl Use While on Duty in Ohio
A Marion County Children Services employee was arrested after police say she was found driving high on fentanyl during a workday, despite a prior dismissal for violating drug-free workplace rules at a previous agency.
VIOLATIONS
Ashleigh Banfield May Be the Only Woman Rebuffed by Jeffrey Epstein
In public, Banfield accurately described him as a creep, a sleaze and a pedophile. In private, she begged a friend to find out if he wanted to date her.
HUMAN RIGHTS
FOIA Expert Dr. David Cuillier Warns: You Don’t Miss Access Until It’s Gone
Dr. David Cuillier says “secrecy creep” has steadily eroded US FOIA compliance over three decades, calling it a growing threat to democracy itself if left unchecked.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Sunshine Week Spotlight: FOIA Fees Put Government Transparency Behind a Paywall
Research by Dr. David Cuillier and Dr. A. Jay Wagner shows public records are increasingly out of reach for citizens, nonprofits and journalists.
MENTAL HEALTH
47 Young Women Claim “Hunger Games” Torture at Michigan Mental Health Facility
Attorney Michael Jaafar represents dozens of girls who allege beatings, forced stripping and sexual misconduct at Vista Maria. The facility ended its residential program amid mounting complaints.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Richmond Officials Under Scrutiny for FOIA Violations and Missing Evidence
Connie Clay alleges she was fired for exposing repeated FOIA breaches and refusing to mislead the public. The city now faces mounting legal and financial consequences.