They rule out classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction

Government of NOW turned off this monday cataloging fentanyl as weapons of mass destructionsomething some Republicans have called for, since it already has the “necessary tools” to combat this synthetic opioid.

“For now, we don’t see that listing fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction is going to give us competition that we don’t have,” he told reporters. Todd Robinsonin charge of the Office for the fight against narcotics Department of State.

Robinson believed that State Ministries and Ministries of Justiceas well as the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), already have “the necessary tools to prosecute the networks that sell these drugs.”

Some lawyers in Republican states like Florida asked the President of the United States, Joe Bidenclassify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction to allocate more resources and greater coordination to combat it.

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid produced by Mexican cartels from chemical precursors from China and smuggled into the United States, where more than 70,000 people with an overdose of this substance.

Last Friday, the United States launched a global coalition against the trade in fentanyl and other synthetic drugs with more than 80 countries, including Mexico.

This Monday, Robinson praised the cooperation with the Mexican government on this issue despite the fact that the president of that country, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorhe questioned the fact that fentanyl is produced in Mexico.

The official assured that both countries have “excellent relations” and are working to “increase” cooperation on both sides of the common border.

“I am very proud of our colleagues in Mexico,” said Robinson, who also emphasized that the Latin American country “recognized” that it too suffers from the “spread” of fentanyl.

Instead, Robinson considered it Chinaa country that did not join the coalition, “could do a lot more” in monitoring and sharing information about precursors.

“We all know that there are companies in China that play a very important role in the distribution of the chemicals that are used to make these drugs,” he said.