President Trump Issues Executive Order on Designating Fentanyl as A Weapon of Mass Destruction
December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Dec. 15, 2025:
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DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic. Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 . . .
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DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic. Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 . . .