DEA Releases 2013 Drug Threat Assessment Summary
By Karla L. Palmer –
On Monday, November 18, 2013, DEA released the 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, which provides an assessment of the threat posed to the United States by trafficking and abuse of illicit substances and non-medical use of controlled prescription drugs. The Summary also provides an analysis of the domestic drug situation during 2012 based on available law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data. DEA took over responsibility for preparation of the Summary in June 2012 as a result of the closure of the National Drug Intelligence Center. DEA considered both quantitative data from various sources (seizures, investigations, arrests, drug purity or potency, and drug prices; law enforcementsurveys ; laboratory analyses; and interagency production and cultivation estimates) and qualitative information (subjective views of individual agencies on drug availability, information on smuggling and transportation trends, and indicators of changes in smuggling and transportation methods).
Highlights include the following:
- The trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs continue to constitute a “dynamic and challenging” threat to the United States.
- Controlled prescription drug abuse continues to be the United States’ fastest growing drug problem. The rate of abuse of controlled prescription drugs remains high; abuse remains at a higher rate than any illicit drug except marijuana. Pain relievers are the most common type of abused prescription drug, and are most commonly involved in overdose incidents.
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