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A draft of the EO designating fentanyl as WMD was distributed likely sometime last week to US Departments of Commerce, Defense, Justice and State.

Those agencies met on Friday, per a read out of the meeting I reviewed, to discuss concerns.

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In the read out from the PCC meeting on Friday, it says the participating agencies “recognize the need for the United States to take strong action to counter this devastating situation, but these bureaus share significant policy concerns with the Executive Order as drafted.” Those concerns include the fact that the EO “cites a statute that does not entail an authority to ‘designate’ substances as WMD,” concerns about “negative effects on entities that legitimately handle, ship, and deliver opioids for pharmaceutical purposes,” and acknowledges that “fentanyl can be treated as a chemical weapon when it is developed or used as a weapon…which risks muddying clearly defined roles and responsibilities between the counternarcotics, counterproliferation, and arms control communities.” Participating agencies must submit recommendations on the draft by Friday, March 21.
March 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM