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How the DEA allows mass poisoning of Americans with fentanyl

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June 25, 2026

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(NaturalNews) The DEA permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025 to build bigger cases against tra...

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NaturalNews.com

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· Jul 4, 2026

Light Over Darkness: A book that will change everything you think about healing

(NaturalNews) The FDA is not a protector of public health but a captured agency serving Big Pharma profits, as evidenced by absurd actions like labeling a red l...

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· Jun 22, 2026

Shades of Fast and Furious? DEA Allegedly Let Hundreds of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Hit the Streets

Shades of Fast and Furious? DEA Allegedly Let Hundreds of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Hit the Streets

AllSides

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· Jun 22, 2026

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025, according to three current and former DEA agents and government records reviewed by The Associated Press. DEA agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills — but did not seize them — as federal prosecutors sought to bring bigger criminal cases against traffickers of a synthetic opioid that the White House last year designated a weapon of mass destruction. Agents and experts, however, said the tactic amounted to a gamble with public safety that potentially imperiled communities in and around Albuquerque and may have violated U.S. Justice Department rules intended to safeguard the public...

Jacobin

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· Jul 1, 2026

Inequality Is Shortening American Lives

The US incarcerates more people than almost any country on Earth. Meanwhile, pharma executives, Wall Street bankers, and fossil fuel companies escape meaningful accountability for harms that have killed far more Americans than street crime ever has.

Times of India

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· Jun 22, 2026

Millions of fentanyl pills, no seizures? DEA faces scrutiny over New Mexico operations

US drug agents reportedly let thousands of fentanyl pills enter New Mexico communities while pursuing larger drug trafficking rings. Critics argue this tactic endangered lives in a state already battling a severe opioid crisis. The DEA defends its actions, stating investigations were court-authorized and aimed at dismantling major criminal organizations, asserting that targeting kingpins ultimately saves more lives.

Townhall

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· Jul 7, 2026

Border Agents Just Made a Massive Drug Bust in Texas

Border Agents Just Made a Massive Drug Bust in Texas

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Related coverage for "How the DEA allows mass poisoning of Americans with fentanyl": NaturalNews.com — Light Over Darkness: A book that will change everything you think about healing. RedState — Shades of Fast and Furious? DEA Allegedly Let Hundreds of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Hit the Streets. AllSides — Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show. Jacobin — Inequality Is Shortening American Lives. Times of India — Millions of fentanyl pills, no seizures? DEA faces scrutiny over New Mexico operations. Townhall — Border Agents Just Made a Massive Drug Bust in Texas