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By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to designate fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction".
The announcement came during an event in the Oval Office to award the Mexican Border Defence Medal to military members who assisted with the crackdown on crossings at the southern border.
Trump said the executive order was to protect Americans against the "scourge" of the deadly drug.
The president goes on to say no bomb can do what fentanyl is doing to the US.
Trump also claimed the drug caused 200,000 to 300,000 deaths annually nationwide.
The president’s actions come after earlier this year, when he signed the HALT Fentanyl Act, which aims to crack down on illegal fentanyl, including tougher prison sentences for drug traffickers.
