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Memorandum on Prioritizing the Strategic Disruption of the Supply Chain for Illicit Fentanyl and Synthetic Opioids Through a Coordinated, Whole-of-government, Information-driven Effort

Excerpt:  “The number of fentanyl-related deaths in the United States remain too high, posing a national security threat.  In light of this reality, this memorandum conveys my direction to the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Intelligence Community, in coordination with the United States Postal Service, (collectively ‘departments and agencies’) to redouble their efforts through a coordinated, strategic, and information-driven focus on disrupting the supply chain of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.  Specifically, departments and agencies are instructed to engage collectively and collaboratively, employing all available tools, in support of the shared goal of materially and sustainably disrupting the illicit fentanyl supply chain.  This will require departments and agencies to work in a coordinated way to prioritize and deconflict enforcement and other efforts in the manner that will have the most enduring and impactful strategic effect.”