A comprehensive approach that will target the top drug threat identified by the local DEA division while continuing to focus on drug trafficking, violence, and crime reduction.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division (PFD) is advising law enforcement and public health counterparts of the increased availability of counterfeit controlled prescription drugs (CPDs) – commonly sold as legitimate CPDs with most containing fentanyl/ fentanyl-related compounds (FRC) – in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

While the presence of fentanyl powder (lethal in doses as small as two milligrams) poses a public safety threat, the ingestion of fentanyl via vaping poses a threat of unknown consequences to the user and those nearby.

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as amphetamines - what are they, what is their origin, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how are they abused, what their effect is on the mind and bodies...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as barbiturates - what are they, what is their origin, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how are they abused, what their effect is on the mind and bodies...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines (tranquilizers) - what are they, what their origin is, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how they are abused, what their effect is on the mind and...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as fentanyls - what are they, what their origin is, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how they are abused, what their effect is on the mind and bodies...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about synthetic stimulants known by the street name "bath salts" - what are they, what is their origin, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how are they abused, what their effect is on the mind...

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about cocaine - what it is, its origin, what are common street names, what does it look like, how it is abused, what its effect is on the mind and bodies of users including signs of overdose, and its legal status.

DEA's revised and updated drug fact sheet about the class of drugs known as depressants - what are they, what their origin is, what are the common street names for these drugs, what do they look like, how they are abused, what their effect is on the mind and bodies...