DEA 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

The Drug Enforcement Administration has released the 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment, which outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. The document provides a yearly assessment of the challenges local communities face related to drug abuse and drug trafficking. Highlights in the report include usage and trafficking trends for drugs such as prescription drugs, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and the hundreds of synthetic drugs. The assessment factors in information from data sources such as drug seizures, drug purity, laboratory analyses, information on the involvement of organized criminal groups and survey data provided to DEA by 5,155 state and local law enforcement agencies across the country. The 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment can be accessed at https://www.dea.gov/docs/DIR-040-17_2017-NDTA.pdf.