President Trump Signs Executive Order Declaring Fentanyl a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’

by Dave DeCamp 

President Trump on Monday declared that the synthetic opioid fentanyl is a “Weapon of Mass Destruction,” signaling he may use the drug as a pretext for a war in Latin America.

“Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” an executive order signed by the president reads. “Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 to 15 grains of table salt, constitutes a lethal dose. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses.”

The order says that the US Secretary of War and Attorney General shall “determine whether the threats posed by illicit fentanyl and its impact on the United States warrant the provision of resources from the Department of War to the Department of Justice to aid in the enforcement of title 18 of the United States Code.”

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