Dec. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Monday designated illicit fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction" in an executive order.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order declaring fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction.”

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order declaring fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction.”

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he was classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, ramping up his administration's campaign against drug cartels in Latin America. "No bomb does what this is doing -- 200-300,000 people die every year, that we know of," Trump said at the signing of…

The order directs the Pentagon, Justice Department, State Department, Treasury and Homeland Security to take expanded action against the production, trafficking and financing of fentanyl, which the White House now frames not just as a deadly drug but as a potential chemical weapon.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday (Dec 15) declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, a move that dramatically expands the US government’s authority to fight the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of American overdose deaths each year.The designation, un

Trump says his administration is “formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing”

The unprecedented designation signals his intent to treat fentanyl as a national security threat. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The unprecedented designation signals Mr Trump's intent to treat fentanyl as a national security threat. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction, a move that dramatically expands the US government's authority to fight the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of American overdose deaths each year.