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Basic Facts on Opioids and Other Drugs

Physicians’ Desk Reference

Red Ribbon Week Radio PSA's

DEA Office of Diversion Control fact sheets on drugs and chemicals

Health & Human Services Fact Sheets  

DEA Publications

Policy, Strategy, & Opioid-focused Law Enforcement Information

National Drug Control Strategy, 2026

ONDCP: A Drug Policy for the 21st Century

Operation Engage
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Operation Engage initiative is a comprehensive community-level approach to address the drug epidemic through prevention strategies, facilitating conversations and collaboration with local partners.

National Prescripion Drug Take-Back Day
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.

 - September 21, 2016 Memorandum from Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch

Education, Prevention and Treatment Resources

Get Smart About Drugs
Get Smart About Drugs is DEA’s resource for parents, educators & caregivers.

National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
Fact sheets, videos, blogs for teens and health care providers

Health & Human Services – Opioids: The Prescription Drug & Heroin Overdose Epidemic
Drug disposal, resources for state and community planners, treatment and recovery, drug courts, overdose response protocols, resources for clinicians

Just Think Twice
Facts, statistics, and trends - designed for teens, first person stories of addiction

Above the Influence
Focused on avoiding drugs and addiction, finding help along the way

Drug Abuse.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse - drugs of abuse, trends and statistics, blogs, addiction science, the criminal justice system, prevention, treatment

Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Provides opioid facts, prevention, local information sources, community presentations.

The Medicine Abuse Project

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)

Updated September 22, 2026