United States Drug Enforcement Administration

“Today we announce charges brought against the five individuals who, together, are responsible for the death of Matthew Perry. We allege each of the defendants played a key role in his death by falsely prescribing, selling, or injecting the ketamine that caused Matthew Perry’s tragic death. Matthew Perry’s journey began...

The 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is a comprehensive strategic assessment of illicit drug threats endangering the United States. DEA’s goal in publishing the NDTA is to save American lives by raising awareness and understanding of these threats. This annual assessment provides law enforcement agencies, policy makers, and prevention...

WASHINGTON – DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie” and many of our valued law enforcement, public health, and non-profit partners in recognizing National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Tomorrow represents an important opportunity to honor those we’ve lost to fentanyl poisonings by educating others about the deadly threat of this...

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia Press Conference - November 20, 2023 Fentanyl is the greatest threat to Americans today. It is devastating families across our country and killing Americans from all walks of life. And it is the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18...

DEA is steadfastly committed to ensuring that all Americans get access to needed medications, while also ensuring patient safety. Stimulants are important medications for both children and adults. They are also Schedule II controlled substances that can be highly addictive and that require the greatest care in prescribing. When inappropriately...

Dear Americans, On August 1, 2023, I wrote to you with FDA Commissioner Robert Califf to address the lack of availability of certain prescription stimulant medications. As we said then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recognize the important role that prescription stimulants play...

“Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat our nation has ever faced. These eight cases are the result of DEA’s efforts to attack the fentanyl supply chain where it starts — in China. Chinese chemical companies are fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States by sending fentanyl precursors, fentanyl analogues...

Chair Biggs, Ranking Member Jackson Lee, and distinguished members of the subcommittee: On behalf of the Department of Justice (Department), and in particular the nearly 10,000 employees working at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss DEA’s work to save...

“Today’s announcement is a considerable step forward in our unrelenting fight against fentanyl, targeting the threat where it starts. These companies and individuals are alleged to have knowingly supplied drug traffickers, in the United States and Mexico, with the ingredients and scientific know-how needed to make fentanyl – a drug...

“Today’s indictments send a clear message to the Chapitos, the Sinaloa Cartel, and criminal drug networks around the world that the DEA will stop at nothing to protect the national security of the United States and the safety and health of the American people,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “The...