InvestigateWest photographer released after arrest covering climate protests in Copenhagen

Dec. 16, 2009

COPENHAGEN -- InvestigateWest photographer Christopher Crow was released from custody by Danish authorities who held him for 10 1/2 hours after arresting him for covering protests outside the United Nations climate summit.

Mark Malijan, an InvestigateWest photographer who was himself pepper-sprayed and hit with a police baton, confirmed Crow's release. Below is a picture shot by Malijan of Crow in custody.

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The Prescription Epidemic

As Washington enacts the strongest prescription drug law in the country, InvestigateWest presents a six-month investigation into the origins of the prescription epidemic, the challenge it poses for communities, and what lessons other states might learn.

Check out the full list of news outlets publishing the story, and on Monday, Jan. 30 at 9 p.m., tune into Prescription for Abuse, a KCTS 9/InvestigateWest documentary and roundtable with prescription drug experts.

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Where There's Smoke, Sickness:
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