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...

This document is an internal Drug Enforcement Administration quality system document. The document is updated periodically and is current as of August 1, 2022 and is provided for informational purposes only. Any sensitive, privileged or otherwise protected information has been redacted, to include the redaction of some document in their...

This document is an internal Drug Enforcement Administration quality system document. The document is updated periodically and is current as of August 15, 2022 and is provided for informational purposes only. Any sensitive, privileged or otherwise protected information has been redacted, to include the redaction of some document in their...

Matthew J. Strait, Senior Policy Advisor, Diversion Control Division-DEA; Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee-Subcommittee on Health, for a Hearing Entitled: Cannabis Policy-For the New Decade

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...

Marijuana Concentrates—also known as “THC Extractions” (2014) is a six panel, two-sided pamphlet that provides information on the dangers of marijuana concentrates. The pamphlet also describes the common street names, how it is abused, and the dangers of converting marijuana into marijuana concentrates using the butane extraction process.