
AP reporters uncover why federal agents allowed deadly fentanyl to hit the streets
Associated Press journalist Jim Mustian explains how he reported and wrote a story that examined why the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025. The tactic was intended to build larger cases against drug traffickers, but whistleblower David Howell says the DEA gambled with public safety and violated Justice Department rules intended to protect the public from the dangerous drug.










