Domestic Marijuana Eradication
The DME Program is a federally funded system which directly supports local, state, and county law enforcement agencies in the detection, dismantling and eradication of domestically grown marijuana. The DME Program is jointly administered by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP), the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement and the Florida National Guard. The program has been operational for over 20 years and has resulted in the detection of over 24,000 illegal grow sites, eradication of more than 2 million marijuana plants valued in excess of $2.9 billion, and the arrest of over 9,100 cultivators in Florida. The Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement joined this program in 2005 and has been responsible for the coordination of all outdoor grow investigations in Florida. Effective January 2008, the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement assumed responsibility for administering the indoor grow program, previously administered by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Forms for use with the 2008 DME Program are as follows:
DME Field Summary Report [PDF]
DME Request for Reimbursement for DME Investigation Expenses [PDF]
FNG Counterdrug Aviation Request Form [PDF]
DME Aircraft Information Form [PDF]
Cannabis Potency Monitoring Project Form [PDF]
2007 Outdoor DME Annual Report [PDF]
2008 DME Reimbursement Scale [PDF]
For additional information, please contact:
Major Cheryl DeGroff-Berry, Agency Coordinator
Judith Ivester, DME Program Support
Investigator Allen Davis, DME Operations Support
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement
Terry L. Rhodes Building, Suite 222
2005 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Telephone 850-245-1300
