US EditionTrump signs order labeling fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’
The executive order activates interagency cooperation and legal tools to combat fentanyl trafficking, citing up to 300,000 annual deaths linked to the drug, officials said.
- On Monday, Dec. 15, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office classifying fentanyl as a `weapon of mass destruction` while flanked by Pete Hegseth, Gen. Dan Caine, and Tom Homan.
- Having earlier labeled drug cartels `foreign terrorist organizations` in February, the administration says the move aims to escalate anti-drug smuggling with maritime strikes in the Caribbean and U.S.-Mexico border enforcement.
- Trump said `No bomb does what this is doing`, highlighting illicit fentanyl’s extreme potency as two milligrams lethal dose equals 10 to 15 grains of table salt.
- Federal agencies will receive directives to disrupt fentanyl production, trafficking and financial networks, but it remained unclear how the classification will affect legal or operational measures for drug traffickers or people impacted by fentanyl use.
- With overdose deaths exceeding more than 80,000 Americans in 2024, the `weapons of mass destruction` label recalls its Iraq-era use for nuclear, biological, or chemical threats.
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