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...

DEA has prepared this product primarily for law enforcement counterparts (state, local and tribal) and public safety and protection officials with a focus on enduring and emerging threats at both the national and regional levels. This report represents what will be the first of regular STREET reports prepared for and...

WASHINGTON – DEA first warned the public of a sharp increase in fentanyl seizures containing xylazine in our March 2023 Public Safety Alert . Since that time, xylazine’s growing prevalence in the fentanyl supply continues to make the deadliest drug threat facing this country even deadlier. In 2023, 30% of...

DEA has prepared this product primarily for law enforcement counterparts (state, local and tribal) and public safety and protection officials with a focus on enduring and emerging threats at both the national and regional levels. This report represents what will be the first of regular STREET reports prepared for and...

INTREPID confirms both liquid veterinary preparations and powdered xylazine are being used to adulterate fentanyl. INTREPID observed chemical markers in xylazine seizures that can assist in determining precursors, synthetic routes, and potentially connecting cases.

Xylazine, reported as an adulterant in an increasing number of illicit drug mixtures, has also been detected in a growing number of overdose deaths. It is commonly encountered in combination with fentanyl but has also been detected in mixtures containing cocaine, heroin, and a variety of other drugs. However, xylazine...

“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