18 AGs Call on Biden to Classify Illicit Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction

18 AGs Call on Biden to Classify Illicit Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction
President Joe Biden speaks at the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 15, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong are leading a multistate, bipartisan effort urging President Joe Biden to classify illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD).

“I first called for President Biden to take swift action in July and call fentanyl what it is – a weapon of mass destruction,” Moody said. “Now, I am leading a bipartisan coalition of 18 attorneys general demanding the president take action now, declare fentanyl a WMD and join us in our fight to prevent the death and destruction caused by this highly-lethal substance from getting even worse.”

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