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

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

“In this moment, when the United States is suffering tens of thousands of opioid-related drug poisoning deaths every year, the DEA’s top priority is doing everything in our power to save lives,” said Administrator Milgram. “Medication for opioid use disorder helps those who are fighting to overcome substance use disorder...

The DEA’s Fentanyl Profiling Program (FPP) performs in-depth chemical analyses on fentanyl and fentanyl-related samples obtained from seizures throughout the United States. This report summarizes the findings for these analyses for Calendar Year 2021. FPP data is not intended to reflect U.S. market share, but is rather a snapshot of...

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram's statement on a potential mass fentanyl poisoning event in Gadsden County, Florida on July 2, 2022.

La DEA está observando un repunte en todo el país de sucesos de sobredosis masivas relacionados con el fentanilo que implican tres o más sobredosis que ocurren cerca en el tiempo en el mismo lugar. Solo en los dos últimos meses, al menos 7 eventos confirmados de sobredosis masiva en...

The DEA is seeing a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events involving three or more overdoses occurring close in time at the same location. In just the past two months, there have been at least 7 confirmed mass overdose events across the United States resulting in 58 overdoses and 29...

DEA’s mission is to keep American communities safe and healthy and we are in the midst of an overdose crisis that has reached a devastating new height. 265 people die every day from drug overdoses. Countless more [people] overdose and are fortunate to survive. This is a national crisis. It...

The increasing availability of illicit opioids is the most significant drug threat in Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Field Division (PFD) monitors this threat closely, periodically reviewing multiple data indicators, in conjunction with investigative information, to continually assess the threat, then share analytical findings with stakeholders in federal, state, and municipal governments.

Due to the efforts of DEA and our partners, from January 2017 through August 2020, we have seen the number of opioid prescriptions drop nearly 37 percent, a reduction in over 47 percent of opioids dispensed, and most importantly -- an 18 percent drop in prescription overdose deaths over the...