Virginia Proposals Would Classify Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction

Mock sizing of a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl is shown in this illustration on April 1, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A set of companion bills introduced in Virginia by Republican state Del. Scott Wyatt and state Sen. Bryce Reeves would amend the state’s terrorism statute to include fentanyl as a “weapon” by definition, and the distribution of the deadly drug would be classified as a felony.

“I am carrying this bill that classifies Fentanyl (and its derivatives) as a weapon of terrorism because our youth dying on the streets is NOT ACCEPTABLE,” Reeves wrote in a Jan. 16 Twitter post. The proposals are HB1682 and SB1188, respectively.