

DEA Administrator Message
Fentanyl and methamphetamine are more accessible and more widely available than ever before; anyone with a smart phone is a target of the drug cartels.
DEA will stop at nothing to defeat the drug trafficking organizations flooding America with these poisons, the Sinaloa and Jalisco (CJNG) cartels. We also know that we must all work together to save lives and stop fentanyl. This crisis will take all of us working together to solve.
This two-day event aims to create a dialogue to effect change through enforcement, awareness, and prevention education.
- DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

October 2023
During October, DEA field divisions across the country will host regional Family Summits in their community in order to bring together families who have lost loved ones to drug poisonings or overdoses, federal partners, and community prevention groups. These families are working to prevent others from experiencing the tragic loss of a loved one that they have experienced. These local summits will provide opportunities to share information, build connections, and foster collaboration between family groups, DEA, and other key sectors of their local community.
Division |
Event Date |
Location |
Atlanta | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | DOJ- Office of Justice Programs 810 7th ST NW Washington DC 20001 |
Caribbean | Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 100 St. Patrick Ave, Guaynabo, 00968, Puerto Rico |
Chicago | Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 9700 W Higgins Rd., Rosemont IL |
Dallas | Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | Dallas Field Division Office, Regional Family Summit on Fentanyl Tulsa Tech – Owasso Campus, 10800 N. 137th E Ave., Owasso, Oklahoma 74055 |
Detroit | Thursday, October 12, 2023 Thursday, October 19, 2023 |
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El Paso | Thursday, November 9, 2023 | Hope City Church 6115 Woodrow Bean, El Paso, TX 79924 |
Houston | Thursday, October 12, 2023 Saturday, October 14, 2023 |
Texas State University Brooks City-Base The Greenline |
Los Angeles | Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | Hilton Beachfront Hotel 633 East Cabrillo Blvd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 |
Louisville | Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | Charleston Coliseum Convention Center 200 Civic Center Dr Charleston, WV 25301 |
Miami | Thursday, October 26, 2023 | BB&T Center 1 Panther Pkwy Sunrise FL 33323 |
New England | Saturday, November 18, 2023 | Boston Harbor Hotel 70 Rowes Wharf, MA 02110 |
New Jersey | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | |
New Orleans | Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | Marriott at Lakeway 3838 N. Causeway Blvd. Metaire, LA 70002 |
New York | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | John Jay College 524 W 59th Street New York, NY 10019 |
Omaha | Thursday, October 19, 2023 | Diana E. Murphy U.S. District Courthouse 300 South 4th Street Minneapolis, MN |
Philadelphia | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 400 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
Phoenix | Thursday, September 21, 2023 | Phoenix Field Division 3439 E. University Drive Phoenix, AZ 85034 |
Rocky Mountain | Wednesday, October 18, 2023 6-8pm Thursday, October 19, 2023 9am - 5pm |
University of Utah Marriott 480 Wakara Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 |
San Diego | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | San Diego Field Division Office 4560 Viewridge Ave. San Diego, CA 92064 |
San Francisco | Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Pardini’s 2257 W. Shaw Ave. Fresno, CA |
Seattle | Wednesday, October, 25, 2023 | Seattle Field Division Office 300 5th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 |
St. Louis | Thursday, October 12, 2023 | St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley Campus, Student Center Multi-Purpose Room 3400 Pershall Rd, Ferguson, MO 63135 |
Washington | Thursday, October 5, 2023 | DOJ- Office of Justice Programs 810 7th ST NW Washington DC 20001 |

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Family Summit Archives

DEA’s National Family Summit on the Overdose Epidemic invited more than 80 parent or family-led non-profit organizations that DEA field offices have connections to across the country. This first-ever event provided opportunities for DEA to share information on the scope of current drug threats, exchange ideas with these parent groups on how DEA, CDC, SAMHSA and other federal agencies and national partners could support them in their work, learn of their local efforts, ask them for their help with sharing the One Pill Can Kill fake pill awareness campaign in their communities, identify areas for further collaboration, and build or reinforce existing relationships and partnerships.
Inaugural National Family Summit Photo Gallery (November 2022)