{
  "id": 17065509,
  "title": "DEA \"doing nothing to stop\" New Mexico fentanyl crisis, whistleblower says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/dea-doing-nothing-to-stop-new-mexico-fentanyl-crisis-whistleblower",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:14:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/dea-doing-nothing-to-stop-new-mexico-fentanyl-crisis-whistleblower-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A veteran Drug Enforcement Administration agent alleges the agency contributed to a growing drug crisis in New Mexico by allowing dangerous fentanyl pills to reach the streets in order to build bigger cases against dealers. CBS News investigative correspondent David Scott has more on this investigation.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}