DEA Publications

This guide offers information that can help you raise children who understand the risks of substance use. The guide includes an overview of substance use among children, youth, and young adults; descriptions of some substances young people may use; a look at risk factors that may make children, youth, and young adults try alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs, and protective factors that help offset those risks; suggestions for how to talk to young people about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, tailored to their age group; and tips on what to do if you suspect your child is using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.

Esta guía ofrece información que puede ayudarle a criar niños que entiendan los riesgos de usar los estupefacientes. Puede leerlo de principio a fin como un libro, o escoger un tema del índice para ir directamente a esa página.

Increasing numbers of teens are using prescription and over-the-counter medications to get high. Many parents don’t know enough about this problem, and many teens don’t understand the dangers. This guide helps parents understand this problem and identify the medications teens are misusing.

Esta publicación tiene por objeto ser una guía para ayudar al lector a comprender e identificar los medicamentos que los adolescentes usan actualmente en forma indebida.

Download fact cards detailing the origin, appearance, and effects of a variety of drugs and drug-related phenomena including fake pills, drug-impaired driving, DXM (Dextromethorphan), ecstasy/molly, heroin, K2/spice, marijuana, methamphetamine, and prescription drug misuse.

Descargue las tarjetas informativas que detallan el origen, la apariencia y los efectos de una variedad de drogas y fenómenos relacionados con las drogas; incluyendo las píldoras falsas, la deficiencia para conducir debido al efecto de las drogas, DXM (dextrometorfano), éxtasis/molly, heroína, K2/mezclas con sintéticos químicos, marihuana, metanfetamina y abuso de medicamentos recetados.

The National Drug Threat Assessment is DEA’s comprehensive review of the threats posed to the United States by deadly illicit drugs and the violent domestic and international drug trafficking organizations responsible for producing and trafficking the drugs poisoning our communities.

Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol or vapor made from a liquid or dry material that is heated in an electronic powered device, called an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette.  In addition to nicotine and flavored liquids, marijuana concentrates can also be vaped. This 6-panel, double-sided trifold brochure covers the effects of using e-cigarettes, as well as the effects of marijuana concentrates.

El “vapeo” es el acto de inhalar y exhalar un aerosol o vapor hecho de algún material líquido o seco que se calienta en un dispositivo que funciona con batería, conocido como cigarrillo electrónico o cigarrillo-e. 

College is the ideal setting for innovative, campus-wide programming aimed at preventing and reducing drug use among college students, but these efforts remain few and far between. This new guide is intended to bridge that gap, by providing a roadmap for college- and university-based prevention professionals to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, from students to administrators, to address campus-wide drug misuse issues.

What is prescription pain reliever misuse? As defined by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, it’s “use without a prescription of one’s own or use at a higher dosage or more often than prescribed.” Prescription opioid addiction – stemming from misuse – has hit the nation hard in recent years. Unfortunately, high school student-athletes can be especially vulnerable to prescription painkiller misuse. This poster encourages teens, parents and other caregivers, and educators to know the risks around misusing pain pills.

Find a few of the DEA's drug prevention websites – plus our Twitter handle – on this bookmark! 

Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue. The Drug Enforcement Administration provides guidance on the right way to dispose of unused medicine.