Resources
Basic Facts on Opioids and Other Drugs
DEA Office of Diversion Control fact sheets on drugs and chemicals
Health & Human Services Fact Sheets
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.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)