DEA "doing nothing to stop" New Mexico fentanyl crisis, whistleblower says
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[0:00] An exclusive CBS News investigation
[0:02] finds a spike in fentinyl overdoses. And
[0:06] we're hearing from an active DEA agent
[0:08] who says his agency is making things
[0:10] worse. Overdoses from the dangerous drug
[0:13] are rapidly rising in New Mexico at
[0:15] rates of more than four times the
[0:18] national average. And now the DEA agent
[0:20] is blowing the whistle, blaming the
[0:22] agency itself for allowing more drugs
[0:24] onto the streets. CBS News's David Scott
[0:27] spoke to him in his first TV interview.
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