‘Closer To A Chemical Weapon’: Fentanyl Designated A Weapon Of Mass Destruction
Dec 15, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, fundamentally reshaping the American response to the opioid crisis, officially designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The directive moves the federal government’s posture toward
fentanyl trafficking from a traditional law enforcement issue to a matter of national defense […]
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