“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...

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

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...

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 Administrator Anne Milgram's remarks (as delivered) at a December 16, 2021 press conference announcing the results of "One Pill Can Kill" Phase Two

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...

DEA Acting Administrator Timothy Shea delivers remarks at a press conference in the DEA-New England offices in Boston, Mass.

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...

DEA Acting Administrator Timothy Shea Delivers Remarks at the Operation DisrupTor Press Conference Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. September 22, 2020