The DEA is congressionally mandated to prepare high priority strategic drug intelligence in order to provide lawmakers with the most current information on availability, demand, production, cultivation, transportation, and distribution, as well as the effects of drugs on the abusers and society.
5. DEA intends to use NDTS response data for several purposes. DEA analysts will use NDTS data to corroborate drug intelligence data obtained from other sources that include: federal drug investigations initiated and conducted through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement (OCDETF) Task Forces program administered by the Department of Justice; federal drug seizure data collected through the National Seizure System maintained by the DEA El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC); national level drug demand and usage studies conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services that include the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports on drug overdose deaths, and the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) for admissions to drug treatment agencies; and reports and summaries from intelligence reporting from other federal state and local law enforcement agencies, drug task forces, and investigatorsâ associations.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.