National Drug Threat Assessment - 2017

 

https://www.dea.gov/docs/DIR-040-17_2017-NDTA.pdf

 

 

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment today.

 

You can download a PDF copy of the assessment here:

https://www.dea.gov/docs/DIR-040-17_2017-NDTA.pdf

 

Over the past 10 years, the drug landscape in the United States has shifted, with the opioid threat (controlled prescription drugs, synthetic opioids, and heroin) reaching epidemic levels, impacting significant portions of the United States. While the current opioid crisis has deservedly garnered significant attention, the methamphetamine threat has remained prevalent; the cocaine threat appears to be rebounding; new psychoactive substances (NPS) continue to be a challenge; and the focus of marijuana enforcement efforts continues to evolve. Drug poisoning deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States; they are currently at their highest ever recorded level and, every year since 2011, have outnumbered deaths by firearms, motor vehicle crashes, suicide and homicide.