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 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 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 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...