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  "id": 15491906,
  "title": "Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/inside-chicagos-battle-against-the-synthetic-drugs-flooding-the-us-15491906",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-18T21:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Health",
    "slug": "bbc-health",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c84g166kz003o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new wave of synthetic drugs is sweeping across the United States, raising fear of a worsening drug crisis. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from the frontlines in South Side, Chicago, where communities are battling the crisis.",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US",
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        "published": "2026-10-18T21:00:22.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}