Ohio SCR1 urges the U.S. Congress to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Ohio SCR1 urges the 119th United States Congress to introduce and pass legislation similar to the Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The resolution highlights the dangers of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid fifty times more potent than heroin and one hundred times more potent than morphine, which is often mixed into counterfeit opioid pills, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine.

Ohio SCR1 urges the U.S. Congress to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Ohio SCR1 urges the 119th United States Congress to introduce and pass legislation similar to the Stop Our Scourge Act of 2023, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The resolution highlights the dangers of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid fifty times more potent than heroin and one hundred times more potent than morphine, which is often mixed into counterfeit opioid pills, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine.