Episode #120 High Truths on Drugs and addiction with Andrew Weber, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Episode 120 April 10, 2023 00:47:08
Episode #120 High Truths on Drugs and addiction with Andrew Weber, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode #120 High Truths on Drugs and addiction with Andrew Weber, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Apr 10 2023 | 00:47:08

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Show Notes

If Illicit Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction? Who better to ask than former Assistant Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Andrew Weber. Andy talks about getting to the upstream supply side of illegal fentanyl. Senior Fellow, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Andy Weber is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks’ Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. Mr. Weber has dedicated his professional life to countering nuclear, chemical, and biological threats and to strengthening global health security. Mr. Weber’s decades of U.S. government service included five-and-a-half years as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. He was a driving force behind Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction efforts to remove weapons-grade uranium from Kazakhstan and Georgia and nuclear-capable MiG-29 aircraft from Moldova, to reduce biological weapons threats, and to destroy Libyan and Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles. In addition, he coordinated U.S. leadership of the international Ebola response for the Department of State. Prior to joining the Pentagon as Advisor for Threat Reduction Policy in December 1996, Mr. Weber was posted abroad as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer in Saudi Arabia, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Hong Kong. Mr. Weber is an independent consultant and a Strategic Advisor for Ginkgo BioWorks. He serves on the Board of Healthcare Ready and the James Martin Center for Non-proliferation Studies International Advisory Council. He taught a course on Force and Diplomacy at the Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service for seven years, and was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Mr. Weber graduated from Cornell University and holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His twitter handle is @AndyWeberNCB

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