The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Heroin Signature Program (HSP) analyzes hundreds of wholesale-level heroin samples each year to identify the geographic area—Mexico, South America (SA), Southwest Asia (SWA), or Southeast Asia (SEA)—where the samples were manufactured.

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division (PFD) Intelligence Program conducted an analysis of drug availability and abuse for the State of Delaware. This product highlights significant findings regarding various drug trends since last reported in 2017. The primary drug threats identified in Delaware are illicit opioids, cocaine, controlled...

The HSP (Heroin Signature Program) is one essential component of the DEA’s Intelligence Program to identify trends in heroin trafficking and distribution in the United States. The objective of the program is to identify and quantify the chemical components of heroin seized at U.S. ports of entry (POE), all non-POE...

Since 2009, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reporting from the Los Angeles Field Division (LAFD) has explored drug-related mortality in the LAFD area of responsibility (AOR), which includes the State of Nevada. In 2019, LAFD personnel reviewed post-mortem toxicology records from the period between 2015 and 2018. These records show that...

DEA's Philadelphia Division conducted a review of laboratory analyzed drug seizures for Pennsylvania. The results of analyzing this data formed the basis for estimating the level of drugs present in Pennsylvania and highlights trends in drug availability.

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the drugs known as peyote and mescaline - what they are, what their origin is, what are common street names for these drugs, what they look like, how they are abused, what their effect is on the minds and bodies of users...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as hallucinogens - what are they, what their origin is, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how they are abused, what their effect is on the mind and bodies...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about a drug known as hydromorphone - what it is, what is its origin, what are its common street names, what it looks like, how it is abused, what its effect is on the mind and bodies of users including signs of overdose...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about MDMA, also known as ecstasy - what it is, what is its origin, what common street names for these drugs, what does it look like, how it is abused, what their effect is on the mind and bodies of users including signs...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as narcotics - what they are, what their origin is, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how they are abused, what their effect is on the minds and bodies...