Data Sources
DEA
Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea
About the Organization
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets.
Testing Program
The DEA's Microgram Bulletin publishes testing results from regional labs around the United States.
EcstasyData.org
Website: http://www.ecstasydata.org
About the Organization
A collaborative project to document and publish ecstasy pill contents through laboratory testing. EcstasyData.org conducts laboratory pill testing itself, as well as publishing data from other testing programs. EcstasyData is owned and operated by Erowid.org, all testing results are edited by Erowid's editorial staff. Please direct questions about this project or the website to info@ecstasydata.org.
Testing Program
Ecstasydata.org sponsors ecstasy tablet testing in the United States through DDL. See Send in a Pill for more information. Ecstasydata.org's testing program started in July 2001.
DanceSafe.org
Website: http://www.dancesafe.org
About the Organization
Dancesafe is a nonprofit, harm reduction organization promoting health and safety within the rave and nightclub community. They currently have local chapters in twenty-four cities throughout the US and Canada. Their local chapters consist of young people from within the dance culture itself who have a sincere interest in bettering their communities and educating themselves and their peers. They train their volunteers to be health educators and drug abuse prevention counselors within their own communities, utilizing the principles and methods of harm reduction and popular education. Dancesafe volunteers staff harm reduction booths at raves, nightclubs and other dance events where they provide information on drugs, safer sex, and other health and safety issues concerning the electronic dance community (like driving home safely and protecting one's hearing).
Streetwork (Zurich)
Website: http://www.saferparty.ch/drogencheck.php
About the Organization
Streetwork Youth Counseling ("Jugendberatung Streetwork"), Zurich, Switzerland offers high performance liquid chromotography (HPLC) testing of street drugs submitted by users in the Zurich area, through on-site drug-checking at events or via a drop-off service offered on specific days at the Drug Information Center ("Drogeninformationszentrum", or "DIZ").
Testing Program
On-site HPLC analysis is conducted in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Control Lab of the Bern Region. In some cases, HPLC and GC/MS analysis of samples dropped off at the DIZ is outsourced.
Drug Detection Labs (DDL)
Website: http://www.drugdetection.net/
About the Organization
DDL provides a range of forensic drug testing services. They are a DEA licensed laboratory legally able to handle scheduled substances.