Source: Common Dreams
by Brian Pitman
“On December 15, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled ‘Designating Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction’. The order declares that ‘Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic. Two milligrams, an almost undetectable trace amount equivalent to 10 to 15 grains of table salt, constitutes a lethal dose’. If it was not already clear and despite many think pieces and obituaries to it, the US government continues its failed War on Drugs. This designation of fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction has been nearly a decade in the making across multiple presidential administrations and with bipartisan support and media complicity. The people of the US have been groomed for this moment since 2015.” (12/18/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/fentanyl-boat-strikes-war-on-drugs