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Speaker 1: President Donald Trump of the United States has signed an

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executive order declaring and classifying fentanyl as a weapon of

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mass destruction WMD, saying there is no bomb that kills

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people more than the illicit drug. In a nationwide address

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on Monday, President Trump said fentenyle kills between two hundred

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and three hundred thousands of people annually in the United States,

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hence the classification of the illicit drug as a weapon

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of mass destruction. The statement may be in line with

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research findings that have recommended fentanyl as the number one

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cause of high rates of overdose deaths. Specifically, according to

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an independent research institute in the US, the Brookings Institution,

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in a research conducted in twenty twenty four, indicated that

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five hundred and twenty seven thousand, three hundred and forty

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four Americans have died from opioid overdoses since twenty twelve,

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the year fentinyle started entering the US ilicit drug market.

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In more than one hundred thousand and people died from

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drug overdose annually since twenty twenty one, with fentanyl being

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the number one main cause of death for Americans aged

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eighteen to forty five since twenty twenty one, and the

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White House, in a statement a few minutes ago, said

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the President Trump Executive Order on Fentanyl directs the US

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Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury to

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pursue appropriate actions against relevant assets and financial institutions for

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those involved in or supporting the manufacture, distribution, and sale

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of illicit fentanile and its core precursor chemicals, adding that

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President Trump imposed tariffs to deal with Mexico, Canada, and

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China’s failure to address the flow of poisonous fentenile and

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other drugs into our country. Authorized military strikes to stop

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lethal drugs, destroy narco boats, and disrupt the narco terrorists

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who were poisoning the American people. According to the White House,

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President trump action is a critical step that unleashes every

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tool to combat the cartels and foreign networks responsible for

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flooding communities with this deadly substance, the leading cause of

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death among Americans aged eighteen to forty five. Adding, today

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating illicit fentanile

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and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction WMD.

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The order directs the Attorney General to immediately pursue criminal charges,

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sentencing enhancements, and sentencing variances in fentinile trafficking cases. The

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order directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of

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the Treasury to pursue appropriate actions against relevant assets and

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financial institutions for those involved in or supporting the manufacture, distribution,

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and sale of illicit fentinile and its core precursor chemicals.

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The order directs the Secretary of War and Attorney General

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to determine whether the Department of War should provide enhanced

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national secure resources to the Department of Justice as necessary

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during an emergency situation involving a weapon of mass destruction.

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The order directs the Secretary of War, in consultation with

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the Secretary of Homeland Security, to update the Chemical Incident

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Response related directives to include the fentanyle threat. The order

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directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify fentinile smuggling

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networks using WMD and non proliferation related threat intelligence. The

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White House also stated that President Trump is unleashing every

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available tool against the cartels and foreign networks that have

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turned fentanyl into the leading cause of death for Americans

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aged eighteen to forty five. Illicit fentenile is closer to

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a chemical weapon than a narcotic, claiming the lives of

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hundreds of thousands of Americans. Just two milligrams of fentenile

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equivalent to ten to fifteen grains of table salt is

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considered a lethal dose. Cartels and foreign terrorist organizations use

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fentenile profits to fund assassinations, terrorism, and insurgencies while waging

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armed conflict over trafficking routes and other facets of their operations.

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The potential for fentanile to be weaponized for concentrated, large

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scale terror attacked by organized adverstries is a serious threat

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to the United States. By designating illicit fentenile as a WMD,

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President Trump is ensuring the full weight of the federal

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government is focussed, co ordinated, and mobilized to confront fentenial

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as the deadly chemical weapon it is. President Trump will

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not rest until the cartels are dismantled, illicit fentenile is

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eradicated from America’s streets, and every family is safe from

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this chemical weapon. Immediately upon returning to office, President Trump

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declared a national emergency at the southern border that allowed

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the United States to gain operational control of the border

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combat the cartels and s our nation. President Trump designated

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eight cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations ftos and specially designated

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Global Terrorists sdgts, including trender Aragua and MS thirteen to

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combat their violence and drug trafficking. President Trump imposed tariffs

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to deal with Mexico’s, Canada’s, and China’s failure to address

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the flow of poisonous fentinile and other drugs into our country.

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President Trump authorized military strikes to stop lethal drugs, destroy

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narco boats, and disrupt the narco terrorists who were poisoning

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the American people. President Trump signed the halled Fentinhile Act

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into law, permanently classifying fentinile related substances as a Scheduled

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one drug under the Controlled Substances Act. He is now

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taking the fight to the next level by designating illicit

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fentinhile as a WMD to stop the cartels and protect

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American families.

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Speaker 2: S Why today I am taking one more step to

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protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into

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our country with this historic executive order I will sign today.

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We’re formerly classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction,

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which is what it is. No bomb does what this

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is doing. Two hundred to three hundred thousand people die

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every year that we know of, so we’re formally classifying

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fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

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Speaker 1: Bringing the multage is out