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On December 15, Trump signed the order classifying illicit fentanyl and its precursors as weapons of mass destruction to deploy sanctions, intelligence, and military tools against Mexican cartels and Chinese suppliers. He noted that no bomb matches its toll, with 200-300,000 deaths yearly and just two milligrams enough to kill. Fentanyl fuels the overdose crisis, leading deaths for Americans 18-45 and involved in over 70% of 2024’s roughly 80,000 cases, though numbers are falling. Supporters hail the escalation while critics question if it fits traditional WMD definitions or risks over-militarizing policy.