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December 15, 2025Trump designates illicit fentanyl and precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction
Executive order expands national-security framing of fentanyl enforcement
Executive Order 14367 designated illicit fentanyl and core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction.
The White House described the order as a coordinated federal response to fentanyl trafficking.
PolitiFact found Trump's claim of up to 300,000 annual fentanyl deaths exaggerated.
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