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Story summary
- U.S. President Donald Trump reported a 22% drop in fentanyl deaths in 2025.
- Synthetic opioid deaths fell from 48,913 in 2024 to 38,084 in 2025.
- Overall overdose deaths dropped 14% from 81,313 to 69,973.
- Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act in July 2025, moving fentanyl to Schedule I.
- He later designated illicit fentanyl and its key precursors as weapons of mass destruction.
