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Max Marin

@MaxMMarin8.6K followers

Reporter. Investigations team @PhillyInquirer / email: mmarin at inquirer dot com

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Last Front PageMAY 11, 2026Latest appearance

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Kratom makers tweak formulas to evade bans

In the gray market for synthetic drugs, the difference between legal and illegal can be as small as a molecule.

View Front PagePhiladelphia Inquirer • MAY 5, 2026

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$20K gala expense upended Pa.’s civil rights watchdog agency

The head of the PHRC pressed staff to fast-track the cost. The state launched an investigation amid a flurry of high-level departures.

Philadelphia Inquirer•MAY 11, 2026

Frames the issue as an investigative look into bureaucratic mismanagement and questionable spending at a state agency.

Kratom makers tweak formulas to evade bans

In the gray market for synthetic drugs, the difference between legal and illegal can be as small as a molecule.

With:Ryan W. Briggs

Philadelphia Inquirer•MAY 5, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the issue as a complex regulatory challenge, focusing on the chemical ingenuity of manufacturers operating in a legal gray market rather than sensationalising the drug's societal effects.

Shapiro asks civil rights agency head to resign

Chad Dion Lassiter plans to leave the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission by June 30.

With:Ellie Rushing

Philadelphia Inquirer•APR 18, 2026

Reports straightforwardly on an executive personnel change at the state level amid an investigation into tax dollars.

A cornucopia of unregulated psychedelics

Lab testing showed many products found in area smoke shops carried reports with fabricated or misleading information.

With:Ryan W. Briggs

Philadelphia Inquirer•APR 12, 2026•Lead Story

The paper leads with the factual development of a local tragedy, focusing on the human toll and the official shift in emergency response phases.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Max Marin in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.