The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) presents the 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), a comprehensive report that provides a national-level perspective on the threats posed by deadly illicit drugs and the violent transnational criminal organizations responsible for producing the drugs poisoning our communities. This annual assessment provides valuable strategic drug-related...

The most significant drug-related threat to Wisconsin is posed by Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTO), particularly the Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS) and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Mexican DTOs dominate the wholesale supply of illicit opioids (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico-grown marijuana in the state...

Mexican cartels, primarily the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), are increasingly targeting illicit drug markets in Australia and New Zealand. In collaboration with organized crime groups (OCGs) and money laundering organizations (MLOs) in Australia and New Zealand, cartels are capitalizing on the highly lucrative methamphetamine and cocaine...

Due to the similarities of medetomidine and dexmedetomidine to xylazine — medetomidine is used in a similar manner as xylazine in veterinary medicine, and dexmedetomidine in human practice and veterinary medicine — DEA assesses both drugs have the potential to be supplements to or replacements for xylazine in terms of...

La educación juega un papel esencial en la prevención del uso y el uso indebido de sustancias. Drogas de abuso, Una guía de recursos de la DEA está diseñada para ser una fuente confiable de información sobre las drogas de uso más común y uso indebido en Estados Unidos. Esta...

Education plays a critical role in preventing substance use and misuse. Drugs of Abuse, A DEA Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly used and misused drugs in the United States. This comprehensive guide provides important information about the harms and consequences of drug...

The most significant drug-related threat to Illinois is posed by Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), particularly the Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS) and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Mexican DTOs dominate the wholesale supply of illicit opioids (fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico grown marijuana in the state.

The most significant drug-related threat to Indiana is posed by Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTO), particularly the Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS) and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Mexican DTOs dominate the wholesale supply of illicit opioids (both fentanyl and heroin), cocaine, methamphetamine, and Mexico-grown marijuana in the state...

This document is an internal Drug Enforcement Administration quality system document which provides a summary sheet for validated qualitative method (GUARDS). The document is updated periodically and is current as of March 11, 2024, and is provided for informational purposes only. Any sensitive, privileged or otherwise protected information has been...

In 2023, in response to a set of proposed telemedicine rules, DEA received more than 38,000 comments and held two days of public listening sessions. In light of that feedback and discussion, and to give DEA time to consider a new path forward for telemedicine, DEA and the Department of...