The United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Testing and Research Laboratory’s Cocaine Signature Program (CSP) provides scientific data and intelligence information on illicit cocaine. Submissions to the CSP are analyzed for purity, cutting agents, processing solvents, and classified to a geographic origin. CSP analyzes exemplars of cocaine seizures greater than...

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Office of Forensic Sciences laboratory system is comprised of ten regional laboratories distributed across the United States. Cocaine seizures ranging in weight from residue to multiple kilograms are routinely analyzed in these laboratories. The analytical protocol requires the identification of cocaine, other controlled...

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...

“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered,” said Administrator Anne Milgram. “Fentanyl is everywhere. From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community is safe from this poison. We must take every opportunity to spread the word to prevent fentanyl-related overdose death and poisonings from...

This case should send a clear message to any foreign leader who corruptly abuses their power to support drug cartels. If you take drug money for your election, if you accept drug cartel bribes, if you traffic deadly drugs, if you protect criminal drug cartels, if you turn the power...

DEA officials report a dramatic rise in the number of fake pills containing at least 2 mg of fentanyl, which is considered a deadly dose.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram's remarks (as delivered) at a December 16, 2021 press conference announcing the results of "One Pill Can Kill" Phase Two

What is it? Many counterfeit pills are made to look like prescription opioids – such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®) – but contain fentanyl or methamphetamine. Criminal drug networks are mass-producing fake pills and falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills...

This Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Intelligence Report contains information from a variety of law enforcement and open sources. It is designed as a ready reference for law enforcement personnel who are confronted by many of the hundreds of slang terms used to identify a wide variety of controlled substances, designer...