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• It's a bird. It's a plane. It's the police responding to a 911 call

  By Joe Amon| The Tallassee Tribune Verified If you call 911 to report an emergency, the odds are increasing that a drone will be the first unit sent to respond. In late July, police departments in Salem, New Hampshire; Gresham, Oregon; and Luverne, Alabama announced the purchase of drones. More than 1,500 departments across the country now use them, "mostly for search and rescue as well as to document crime scenes and chase suspects," according to a February report in the MIT Technology Review.

  By Joe Amon · The Tallassee Tribune

  Aug. 22, 2023

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  By Joe Amon| Auburn Citizen Verified Last month, nearly 12,000 people gathered in Denver to talk about magic mushrooms, ecstasy, ibogaine and ayahuasca, and to discuss the latest scientific research into these and other plant-based or synthetic substances, all known as psychedelics.

  By Joe Amon · Auburn Citizen

  Jul. 20, 2023

• Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use

  By John Wark, Anna Stonehouse, Joe Amon| The Journal (Cortez, CO) Verified More than 200 loads of retardant got into waterways over the past decade BILLINGS, Mont. – The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law, a judge ruled Friday. Halting the use of the red slurry material could have resulted in greater environmental damage from wildfires, said U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana.

  By John Wark, Anna Stonehouse, Joe Amon · The Journal (Cortez, CO)

  May. 29, 2023

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