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This week’s FOIA round-up: DEA database points to companies’ roles in opioid epidemic and Interior emails reveal violations of federal ethics rules
In this week’s FOIA round-up, the Washington Post and HD Media gain access to a database that tracks opioid distribution, emails obtained through a FOIA request reveal the extent of a top Department of the Interior official’s violations of federal ethics rules, and city and court records reveal that in one Alaska town every single police officer has been convicted of domestic violence.
Motivational posters in Massachusetts prisons offer insight into incarceration
The severe, gray, concrete walls of prison sometimes give way to unexpected bursts of color and potential moments of inspiration. The Massachusetts Department of Correction revealed some of these in a recent public records release containing photographs of several motivational posters hanging on its prison walls.
UPDATED: Police warn against the dangers of marijuana candy, but report no incidents
Public agencies’ annual Halloween candy notices are prevalent across social media and news publications. Marijuana candy, in particular, increasingly dominates fearful headlines ahead of the holiday as more states legalize recreational use of the drug.
This week’s round-up: the art of the appeal
One public university deals with a looming lawsuit for releasing documents, journalists appeal for records from another state school, and a judge rules that officials’ public statements aren’t … well, official.
After he shot Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby’s psychosis was diagnosed by the same CIA doctor who had once killed an elephant with psychedelics
Some researchers in the JFK assassination community are aware of the fact that one of the doctors that treated Jack Ruby was none other than Louis Jolyon West, a figure equally infamous for allegedly killing an elephant with LSD and for his work in MKULTRA - the Central Intelligence Agency’s infamous interrogation, hypnosis, and mind control program.
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William Edstrom sent this request to the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States of America
No Responsive Documents
Brady Notices on DOD Drug Testing FY1971-2017
T.J. Kenney sent this request to the Washington Headquarters Services Field Activity of the United States of America
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T. McElwee sent this request to the United States Customs and Border Protection of the United States of America
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Customs and Border Protection Officer Fernando Marte investigation and discipline record
T. McElwee sent this request to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General of the United States of America
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Stephan Neidenbach sent this request to the University of California, Berkeley of California