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From Mexican cartel labs to U.S. streets, a deadly fentanyl pipeline

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By Courtney Kan Verified, Nick Miroff Verified, Steven Rich Verified, Tyler Remmel, Scott Higham Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
Fentanyl’s catastrophic surge came after the Drug Enforcement Administration cracked down on the excesses of the U.S. opioid industry. Millions of Americans who had become addicted to prescription pain pills suddenly found them difficult or impossible to get. Mexican cartels stepped in to fill the vacuum.
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Cause of death: Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America

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By Nick Miroff Verified, Steven Rich, Salwan Georges, Erin O'Connor, Scott Higham Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
During the past seven years, as soaring quantities of fentanyl flooded into the United States, strategic blunders and cascading mistakes by successive U.S. administrations allowed the most lethal drug crisis in American history to become significantly worse, a Washington Post investigation has found.
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American Cartel: Inside the battle to bring down the opioid industry

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By Scott Higham Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
July 7, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Joe Rannazzisi, seen in 2017, was the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s division for policing the drug industry until his team was disbanded. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Comment Save This story is adapted from “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry.” Late on his last day as a DEA agent, Joe Rannazzisi grabbed a mailroom cart to wheel a few boxes of personal belongings to his Ford Excursion.
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