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That time the CIA drove a drug abuse non-profit into existential crisis
Allegations that the CIA was participating in the global drug trade spurred one addiction non-profit to write the Agency about blanketing their work in the “meaninglessness of a Sisyphean labor.”
Watch an outtake from Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s infamous heroin video
Shortly after a video started making the rounds of a Sheriff Peyton Grinnel from Florida’s Lake County swearing vengeance upon drug dealers while flanked by mask-clad deputies, Tony Webster filed a request for the unedited footage. That was released this week, and between a couple mic checks and the final cut, there’s a pretty amazing b-roll.
Stories FOIA told this week repealed but not replaced
Stories FOIA told this week has a last minute change of plans, but still coming through with your weekly round up of great stories FOIA and public records helped tell this week — plus news about changes (or potential changes) in state laws.
MuckRock’s guided tour of lesser-known DEA patches
Inspired by the logo of the popular podcast Chapo Trap House, Curtis Waltman sent a FOIA to the DEA for records about their infamous patches. Let MuckRock take you on a little guided tour of some of these artistic masterpieces that came out of that.
2 Requests
Rejected
William Edstrom sent this request to the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States of America
Completed
T. McElwee sent this request to the United States Customs and Border Protection of the United States of America