This document is an internal Drug Enforcement Administration quality system document which provides a summary sheet for validated qualitative method (GUARDS). The document is updated periodically and is current as of March 11, 2024, and is provided for informational purposes only. Any sensitive, privileged or otherwise protected information has been...

In 2023, in response to a set of proposed telemedicine rules, DEA received more than 38,000 comments and held two days of public listening sessions. In light of that feedback and discussion, and to give DEA time to consider a new path forward for telemedicine, DEA and the Department of...

We are gathered here today because every single one of us has been impacted by fentanyl in our communities. This issue is not distant. It's personal. It's in our homes. It's in our neighborhoods. It's in our communities. And yet today we also have reason to feel hopeful about the...

“The defendants in the charges announced today are alleged to be responsible for significantly contributing to the devastation caused by the opioid crisis by knowingly supplying pill-mill pharmacies and coaching pharmacy operators on how to evade law enforcement detection. According to the charging documents, they knowingly sold bulk narcotics to...

Power Point presentation featuring information about Operation Press Your Luck.

“Today’s guilty verdict sends a clear message that the DEA will stop at nothing to investigate and dismantle criminal drug networks that threaten the safety and health of the American people. As one of the highest-ranking members of the Jalisco Cartel, Oseguera-Gonzalez was responsible for pushing vast quantities of cocaine...

"Defeating the Sinaloa cartel is DEA’s top operational priority and today, with the capture and additional charges filed against Ismael Zambada Garcia we are that much closer. Better known as ‘El Mayo’, Zambada Garcia is the co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most ruthless and dangerous...

This report summarizes the collective results of wholesale fentanyl samples seized in the United States (U.S.) during CY 2022. Domestic and foreign fentanyl trends observed by the FPP over the last four years are also discussed throughout this report.

This report summarizes the collective results of wholesale cocaine samples seized in or in transit to the United States (U.S.) during CY 2022. Results from samples seized outside the U.S. from DEA foreign divisions that were analyzed from January – June 2023 are also reported. Domestic and foreign cocaine trends...

This report summarizes the collective results of methamphetamine profiling analyses performed on samples seized primarily during the third and fourth quarters of CY 2022. This will conclude reporting on CY 2022 methamphetamine seizures. A final year-end summary of methamphetamine trends observed by the MPP is also provided in this report...