Label is the latest instance of Trump using militarised, symbolic language to justify US operations against drug smuggling.

By Joseph Stepansky

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Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order labelling fentanyl, and its core precursors, as a “weapon of mass destruction” (WMD), in the latest instance of his administration using increasingly militarised language to justify its operations against drug cartels and smugglers.