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Sponsor urges resolution asking Congress to designate illicit fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction
Summary
Senator Johnson presented sponsor testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, arguing illicit fentanyl’s potency and international supply chains justify urging Congress to designate it a weapon of mass destruction; committee held a first hearing and took no vote.
Senator Johnson presented sponsor testimony during a first hearing on Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, which urges the U.S. Congress to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The resolution received sponsor testimony only; the committee took no vote.
Johnson described the public-health consequences and international supply issues of illicit fentanyl during his remarks. “It is 50 times more potent than heroin,” he said, and added that fentanyl is “a hundred times more potent than…
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