Logan H. Merrill
Investigative Reporter
ABOUT
Logan graduated from Brandeis University under the writing tutelage of famed playwright William Gibson. After authoring scripts for film and television, Logan shifted his focus to online journalism. He specializes in media and ethics, human rights and psychiatric abuse.
LATEST STORIES
DRUGS
Matthew Perry’s Doctor Sentenced Over His “Mistake” in Exploiting the Celebrity’s Addiction to Ketamine
“I wonder how much this moron will pay,” Salvador Plasencia cruelly joked—before supplying Perry the drugs that killed him.
CORRUPTION
Grand Blanc Township Charges Reporter $164,000 in FOIA Fees After Sudden Suspension of Fire Chief
Michigan township demands an unprecedented fee for public records as questions mount over the chief’s administrative leave in the wake of the LDS church shooting.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
New Survey Exposes How False Narratives About Religion Shape a Nation—and How Truth Breaks Them
The Sutherland Institute found that 77 percent of nonreligious Americans viewed faith as “part of the problem”—until they discovered what religions actually do.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Man Who Exploited Minors in South Korea’s Biggest Cybersex Blackmail Ring Sentenced to Life
Seoul court calls the predator’s crimes cruel and the damages irreparable after hundreds were coerced into sexual exploitation through encrypted online chats.
DRUGS
LA County Orders Retailers to Pull Kratom After Spike in Deaths
A surge in overdoses tied to the synthetic compound 7-OH has triggered emergency action in Los Angeles County. Regulators warn that products sold as natural remedies mask opioid-like disasters.
MENTAL HEALTH
New Analysis Shows ADHD-Drugged Children Face Fivefold Risk of Multiple Psychiatric Prescriptions
Factors like sex, race or foster care status didn’t explain the fivefold jump in psychotropic stacking. The results expose a system primed to drug children rather than help them.
MENTAL HEALTH
Patient Calls Indiana Psychiatric Hospital “Scariest Place I’ve Ever Been” Amid Claims of Illegal Detentions
Lawsuits, federal reports and firsthand accounts reveal a pattern of unlawful holds and severe medical neglect inside NeuroPsychiatric facilities. Officials documented the violations but failed to stop them.
HATE
Neo-Nazi Pleads Guilty in Plot to Poison Minority Children on New Year’s Eve
An undercover FBI agent exposed the Georgian national’s plan to use a Santa disguise to deliver poisoned candy. His online manifesto and instructions have already fueled murders and attacks worldwide.
VIOLATIONS
Two BBC Executives Resign After Panorama Ethics Scandal Exposes Years of Bias
Once lauded for impartiality, the BBC now faces scrutiny over biased reporting, ethical breaches and systemic editorial failures.
CORRUPTION
Fired for Following the Law: Iowa Settles With Ex-Records Custodian for $600,000
A former Iowa records custodian says she was pushed out for releasing public information. Now taxpayers—not the officials implicated—are footing the bill.
