EXPLORED ARE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AUTOMATED INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (AN INTEGRATED SET OF COMPUTER PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF STRUCTURED DATA IN AN ORDERLY FASHION); AND THE COORDINATION OF EXISTING DEA DATA BASES, SUCH AS STRIDE (SYSTEM TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM DRUG EVIDENCE), PILL BALLISTICS, NADDIS (NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS INFORMATION SYSTEM), AND DAWN (DRUG ABUSE WARNING NETWORK). THE COMPUTERIZED DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATION, STATISTICAL DATA PREDICTIONS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO DRUG ENFORCEMENT, ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL ADVANCED INFORMATION PROCESSING TECHNIQUES THAT COULD BE USED FOR FUTURE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE PRESENTED, INCLUDING ASSOCIATIVE INDEXING, FULL-TEXT PROCESSING, NETWORK ANALYSIS, AND PATTERN RECOGNITION.