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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) collects data on drug offense arrests from State and local law enforcement agencies. These numbers can be found in the FBI report, Crime in the United States.

Information about court cases involving juvenile drug offenders can be found in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-sponsored report, Juvenile Court Statistics 2018. Also see the Detailed Offenses section of OJJDP's web-based data analysis tools by the National Center for Juvenile Justice.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration operates a telephone hotline and website to help you locate drug treatment programs throughout the United States. The hotline number is 800-662-HELP (4357). To access information via the Internet, visit FindTreatment.gov.

Information and data on the amount of money spent on the purchase of illegal drugs can be found in What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016, a report from the RAND Corporation completed with funding support from the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

The number of methamphetamine laboratory incidents (includes lab seizures, dumpsites discovered, and chemical/glass/equipment seizures) nationwide is available on the Drug Labs in the United States section of the Drug Enforcement Administration website.

Statistics on heroin use in the United States can be found in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health annual report, produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

If you are only seeking youth heroin usage statistics, please visit the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and Monitoring the Future websites, which focus specifically on youth drug use.

Information on the prevalence of prescription drug misuse can be found in the Prescription Medicines section of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Data section of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website.

Statistics on cocaine use in the United States can be found in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health annual report, produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

If you are only seeking youth cocaine usage statistics, please visit the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and Monitoring the Future websites, which focus specifically on youth drug use.

Information about drug use among arrestees can be found on the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Programs section of the National Institute of Justice website.

The following websites capture information and resources about heroin and other opioids:

Department of Health and Human Services: Help and Resources: National Opioids Crisis
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Opioids
Drug Enforcement Administration: Narcotics (Opioids)