The new law stipulates 10-year minimum prison sentences for those convicted of trafficking at least 100 grams of deadly opioid-related substances.
By Catholics for Catholics
In his war against drugs, President Donald Trump signed a new bill directed against fentanyl, a drug that for the last three years has caused more than 100,000 overdose deaths annually.
Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act on Wednesday during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, reported The Epoch Times.
The bill will reclassify substances connected to the deadly opioid as Schedule 1 narcotics, the strictest designation established by the Controlled Substances Act. These drugs are considered to have no suitable medical value and are subject to the nation’s most punishing criminal penalties.
“It’s a big deal,” Trump said. “We’ll be getting the drug dealers, pushers, and peddlers off our streets, and we will not rest until we have ended the drug overdose epidemic … we’re going to end it once and for all.”
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNS THE HALT FENTANYL ACT INTO LAW!🇺🇸
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 16, 2025
“We renew our vow to liberate America from this horrible plague, and we'll be getting the drug dealers, pushers, and peddlers off our streets, AND WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE HAVE ENDED THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC.” pic.twitter.com/HZYDOYxLBN
Trump’s bill also decrees 10-year minimum prison sentences for those convicted of distributing 100 grams or more of any fentanyl-related or derived drugs.
A deadly dose is equal to approximately two-one-hundredths of a gram or smaller, depending on the user’s tolerance, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Since he took office for a second term, Trump has targeted fentanyl distribution with various policy decisions, including imposing tariffs against China, Canada, and Mexico for facilitating production or failing to prevent the precursor chemicals from reaching the United States and designating cartel organizations as foreign terrorist groups.
“For years, the monsters who manufacture illicit fentanyl have sought to skirt legal restrictions by making minor variations of the chemical compound, and in the process, they’ve developed even more toxic versions of the drug,” Trump said.
The Fentanyl Act will also help close ambiguities that have permitted cartels and other criminal syndicates to create closely linked substances, including carfentanyl, which is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, according to the DEA.
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