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These publications are some of DEA’s most popular resources that offer information on the effects of illegal drugs and misuse of prescription drugs. The publications are available for download, print, and to share with your family and community.
DEA Community Outreach & Prevention Support Section
DEA’s primary mission and responsibility as a law enforcement agency is to enforce the Nation’s federal drug laws.
DEA recognizes that not only reducing the quantity (supply) of drugs is essential to a safe and drug free country, but also reducing the desire (demand) for illicit drugs is a vital component to effectively reduce drug use in our Nation. For that reason, DEA created the Community Outreach Section as a critical complement to our primary law enforcement mission and included drug use prevention as one of the seven priorities in DEA’s vision:
“Support initiatives to reduce the demand for drugs and give assistance to community coalitions and drug prevention initiatives.”
DEA’s Community Outreach Section provides the public with current and relevant drug information about illicit drug use, the misuse of prescription drugs, drug use trends, and the health consequences of drug use.
The Community Outreach Section also develops drug information brochures, drug fact sheets, pamphlets, and parent/teacher drug education guides to assist the community in identifying drug use and finding help.
Another major component of the Community Outreach Section is collaboration with various drug use prevention partners. These partners include other federal agencies, national and regional prevention organizations, law enforcement organizations, community coalitions, fraternal and civic organizations, youth-serving organizations, state and local governments, and school districts. DEA supports our partners, who present significant opportunities for involvement in prevention efforts by providing drug trend information at local community events as well as at national conferences and professional educational forums.
DEA’s Community Outreach strategy is to develop and disseminate effective drug information for youth, parents, caregivers, and educators, and to increase the public’s awareness about the dangers associated with using drugs. There are three major concepts of drug use prevention research at the core of this strategy:
DEA provides essential information about the harmful effects of illicit drug use through our educational materials and three websites, www.justthinktwice.com for teens, www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com for parents, educators, and caregivers, and www.campusdrugprevention.gov for those working with college students. We have also partnered with Discovery education to produce a science-based drug prevention curriculum which can be found at www.operationprevention.com.
DEA’s website for parents, www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com provides valuable drug education information for parents, educators, and caregivers to further help identify drug use, drug paraphernalia, warning signs of drug use, and the harmful side effects of the most commonly abused drugs.
DEA’s website, www.campusdrugprevention.gov was created to support drug abuse prevention programs on college campuses and in surrounding communities. In addition, it serves as a useful tool for college students, parents, and others involved in campus communities.
It offers valuable information, including data, news updates, drug scheduling and penalties, publications, research, national and statewide conferences and events, state and local prevention contacts, and resources available from DEA’s federal partners.
DEA’s website for teens, www.JustThinkTwice.com provides credible information about the harmful effects of drug use. The site includes information about various drugs, including facts and fiction about drugs, the consequences of drug use, as well as topics about addiction, impaired driving, and true stories about teens that have had drug problems.
The site provides descriptions of specific drugs, such as marijuana, Spice/K2, bath salts, and heroin, as well as the drugs’ street names, effect on the mind and body, overdose effects, legal status, and origin.
Operation Prevention is an initiative brought to you by the DEA and Discovery Education to educate elementary, middle, and high school students about the true impacts of prescription opioid misuse and heroin use.
Operation Prevention provides science-based lesson plans to educate students about the impacts of opioid misuse. The program is free of charge and the elements are available for download at www.OperationPrevention.com
These publications provided by the Community Outreach & Prevention Support Section are some of DEA’s most popular resources available for download, print, and to share with your family and community. They offer information on the effects of illegal drugs and misuse of prescription drugs.
For a list of all of DEA’s publications that can be downloaded, go to www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com and click on “Download DEA Publications.”
While the Drug Enforcement Administration’s primary function is to enforce the nation’s federal drug laws, we understand that law enforcement alone cannot solve America’s drug problems. DEA Demand Reduction Coordinators work with individuals and groups such as community coalitions, civic leaders, state and local drug use prevention organizations, treatment experts, and the general public, and they provide DEA’s unique expertise in the areas of intelligence and enforcement. By joining DEA’s law enforcement credibility and insights with communities’ know-how, drug use prevention efforts have been strengthened in urban, suburban, and rural areas across America.
ALABAMA: SA Brainard (Bryan) Singleton, 3838 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1800, 3 Lakeway Center, Metairie
LA 70002. Phone: (571) 362-4892, E-mail: brainard.singleton@usdoj.gov
ALASKA: SA Susan Wolf 300 5th Avenue, Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104. Phone: 571-387-3426
E-mail: Susan.M.Wolf@usdoj.gov
ARIZONA: SA Melissa Lee, 3010 North 2nd Street, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85012. Phone: (571) 362-0590
E-mail: melissa.a.lee@usdoj.gov
ARKANSAS: SA Brainard (Bryan) Singleton, 3838 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1800, 3 Lakeway Center, Metairie
LA 70002. Phone: (571) 362-4892, E-mail: brainard.singleton@usdoj.gov
CALIFORNIA: SA Khanh Vo, 255 East Temple Street, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Phone: (571) 387-6616
E-mail: khanh.d.vo@usdoj.gov (Los Angeles Division: Riverside, Santa Ana, Ventura)
CALIFORNIA: SA Kameron Korte, 4560 Viewridge Avenue, San Diego, CA 92123-1672, Phone: (571) 324-6684
E-mail: kameron.d.korte@usdoj.gov (San Diego Division: Carlsbad, Imperial County, San Ysidro)
CALIFORNIA: SA Casey Rettig, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102, Phone: (571) 387-3774
Email: casey.m.rettig@usdoj.gov (San Francisco Division: Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Oakland, Redding, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa)
COLORADO: SA Steve Kotecki, 12154 East Easter Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: (571) 387-2399
E-mail: Richard.S.Kotecki@usdoj.gov
CONNECTICUT: SA Timothy Desmond, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room E-400, Boston, MA 02203, Phone: (571) 362-9037
E-mail: timothy.desmond@usdoj.gov
DELAWARE: Robert Niczyporowicz, 600 Arch Street, Suite 10224, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Phone:(571) 362-
4289. E-mail: Robert.R.Niczyporowicz@usdoj.gov
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: SA Heath Anderson, 800 K Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-8000
Phone: (571) 362-1069, E-mail: heath.d.anderson@usdoj.gov
FLORIDA: SA Oscar Negron, 2100 North Commerce Parkway, Weston, FL 33326, Phone: (571) 362-3046
E-mail: oscar.j.negron@usdoj.gov
GEORGIA: SA Chuvalo Truesdell, 75 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (571) 362-3517
E-mail: chuvalo.j.truesdell@usdoj.gov
HAWAII: SA Khanh Vo, 255 East Temple Street, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Phone: (571) 387-6616
E-mail: khanh.d.vo@usdoj.gov
IDAHO: SA Susan Wolf, 300 5th Avenue, Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104, Phone: (571)-387-3426
E-mail: Susan.M.Wolf@usdoj.gov
ILLINOIS: SA Gregory Czaczkowski, 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: (571) 362-6048
Email: gregory.j.czaczkowski@usdoj.gov
INDIANA: SA Gregory Czaczkowski, 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: (571) 362-6048
Email: gregory.j.czaczkowski@usdoj.gov
IOWA: Erin Payne, 2707 North 108th Street, Suite D-201, Omaha, NE 68164, Phone: 571-387-3550
E-mail: erin.k.payne@usdoj.gov
KANSAS: SA Ryan Lawyer, 317 South 16th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103, Phone :(571)-362-7552
E-mail: ryan.d.lawyer@usdoj.gov
KENTUCKY: Lourdes Bowen, 600 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Place, Louisville, KY 40202, Phone: (571) 362-6950
Email: lourdes.m.bowen@usdoj.gov
LOUISIANA: SA Brainard (Bryan) Singleton, 3838 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1800, 3 Lakeway Center, Metairie
LA 70002, Phone: (571) 362-4892, E-mail: brainard.singleton@usdoj.gov
MAINE: SA Timothy Desmond, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room E-400, Boston, MA 02203, Phone: (571) 362-9037
E-mail: timothy.desmond@usdoj.gov
MARYLAND: SA Heath Anderson, 800 K Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-8000, Phone: (571) 362-1069
Email: heath.d.anderson@usdoj.gov
MASSACHUSETTS: SA Timothy Desmond, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room E-400, Boston, MA 02203, Phone:(571) 362-
9037, E-mail: timothy.desmond@usdoj.gov
MICHIGAN: SA Niklaus Welter, 431 Howard Street, Detroit, MI 48226, Phone: (571) 362-1658
E-mail: Niklaus.P.Welter@usdoj.gov
MINNESOTA: Erin Payne, 2707 North 108th Street, Suite D-201, Omaha, NE 68164, Phone: 571-387-3550
E-mail: erin.k.payne@usdoj.gov
MISSISSIPPI: SA Brainard (Bryan) Singleton, 3838 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1800, 3 Lakeway Center, Metairie
LA 70002, Phone: (571) 362-4892, E-mail: brainard.singleton@usdoj.gov
MISSOURI: SA Ryan Lawyer, 317 South 16th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103, Phone: (571) 362-7552
E-mail: ryan.d.lawyer@usdoj.gov
MONTANA: SA Steve Kotecki, 12154 East Easter Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: (571) 387-2399
E-mail: Richard.S.Kotecki@usdoj.gov
NEBRASKA: Erin Payne, 2707 North 108th Street, Suite D-201, Omaha, NE 68164, Phone: (571) 387-3550
E-mail: erin.k.payne@usdoj.gov
NEVADA: SA Khanh Vo, 255 East Temple Street, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Phone: (571) 387-6616
E-mail: khanh.d.vo@usdoj.gov
NEW HAMPSHIRE: SA Timothy Desmond, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room E-400, Boston, MA 02203, Phone:(571)
362-9037, E-mail: timothy.desmond@usdoj.gov
NEW JERSEY: SA Tim McMahon, 80 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Phone: (973) 776-1143
E-mail: timothy.p.mcmahon@usdoj.gov
NEW MEXICO: Carlos Briano, 660 Mesa Hills Drive, Suite 2000, El Paso, TX 79912, Phone: (571) 324-7093
E-mail: Carlos.A.Briano@usdoj.gov
NEW YORK: SA Gregory Saunders, 99 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011, Phone: (571) 776-1610
E-mail: gregory.p.saunders@usdoj.gov
NORTH CAROLINA: SA Chuvalo Truesdell, 75 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (571) 362-3517
E-mail: chuvalo.j.truesdell@usdoj.gov
NORTH DAKOTA: Erin Payne, 2707 North 108th Street, Suite D-201, Omaha, NE 68164, Phone: (571) 387-3550
E-mail: erin.k.payne@usdoj.gov
OHIO: SA Niklaus Welter, 431 Howard Street, Detroit, MI 48226, Phone: 571 362-1778
E-mail: Niklaus.P.Welter@usdoj.gov
OKLAHOMA: SA Angelica Gurrola, 10160 Technology Boulevard East, Dallas, TX 75220, Phone: (571) 324-7438
E-mail: angelica.gurrola@usdoj.gov
OREGON: SA Susan Wolf, 300 5th Avenue, Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104, Phone: (571)-387-3426
E-mail: Susan.M.Wolf@usdoj.gov
PENNSYLVANIA: Robert Niczyporowicz, 600 Arch Street, Suite 10224, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Phone:(571) 362-
4289,E-mail: Robert.R.Niczyporowicz@usdoj.gov
PUERTO RICO: Jacqueline Gordon, Millennium Park Plaza, Building 15, Calle 2, Suite 710, Guaynabo, PR 00968-1743
Phone: (571) 362-2119, E-mail: jacqueline.r.gordon@usdoj.gov
RHODE ISLAND: SA Timothy Desmond, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room E-400, Boston, MA 02203, Phone: (571)362-
9037, E-mail: timothy.desmond@usdoj.gov
SOUTH CAROLINA: SA Chuvalo Truesdell, 75 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (571) 362-3517
E-mail: chuvalo.j.truesdell@usdoj.gov
SOUTH DAKOTA: Erin Payne, 2707 North 108th Street, Suite D-201, Omaha, NE 68164, Phone: (571) 387-3550
E-mail: erin.k.payne@usdoj.gov
TENNESSEE: Lourdes Bowen, 600 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Place, Louisville, KY 40202, Phone: (571) 362-6950
E-mail: lourdes.m.bowen@usdoj.gov
TEXAS: SA Angelica Gurrola, 10160 Technology Boulevard East, Dallas, TX 75220, Phone: (571) 324-7438
E-mail: angelica.gurrola@usdoj.gov (Dallas Division: Ft. Worth, Lubbock, Tyler)
TEXAS: Carlos Briano, 660 Mesa Hills Drive, Suite 2000, El Paso, TX 79912, Phone: (571) 324-7093
E-mail: Carlos.A.Briano@usdoj.gov
TEXAS: Dawn Mathis, 1433 West Loop South, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77027-9506, Phone: (571) 324-8269
E-mail: dawn.m.mathis@usdoj.gov (Houston Division: Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco)
UTAH: SA Steve Kotecki, 12154 East Easter Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: (571) 387-2399
E-mail: Richard.S.Kotecki@usdoj.gov
VERMONT: SA Timothy Desmond, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room E-400, Boston, MA 02203, Phone: (571)362-9037
Email: timothy.desmond@usdoj.gov
VIRGINIA: SA Heath Anderson, 800 K Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001-8000, Phone: (571) 362-1069
Email: heath.d.anderson@usdoj.gov
WASHINGTON: SA Susan Wolf, 300 5th Avenue, Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104, Phone: (571)-387-3426
E-mail: Susan.M.Wolf@usdoj.gov
WEST VIRGINIA: Lourdes Bowen, 600 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Place, Louisville, KY 40202, Phone: (571) 362-
6950, E-mail: lourdes.m.bowen@usdoj.gov
WISCONSIN: SA Gregory Czaczkowski, 230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: (571) 362-6048
E-mail: gregory.j.czaczkowski@usdoj.gov
WYOMING: SA Steve Kotecki, 12154 East Easter Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112, Phone: (571) 387-2399
E-mail: Richard.S.Kotecki@usdoj.gov
Headquarters
Main Office: (571) 776-2505
E-mail: community.outreach@usdoj.gov
Legend
ASAC = Assistant Special Agent in Charge
GS = Group Supervisor
SA = Special Agent
Updated April 12, 2021