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The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on July 1, 1973, [4] by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon on July 28. [5] It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government's drug control activities.
The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) was a federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice with the enumerated power of investigating the consumption, trafficking, and distribution of narcotics and dangerous drugs. BNDD is the direct predecessor of the modern Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). [1]
The FBN was established on June 14, 1930, consolidating the functions of the Federal Narcotics Control Board and the Bureau of Prohibition (BOI) Narcotic Division. [4] These preceding bureaus were established to assume enforcement responsibilities assigned to the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 and the Jones–Miller Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act of 1922.
The operation involved the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Customs Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other agencies, and Armed Forces ships and planes. It was called the "most ambitious and expensive drug enforcement operation" in US history.
In 1972, the ATF was officially established as an independent bureau within the Treasury Department on July 1, 1972, this transferred the responsibilities of the ATF division of the IRS to the new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Rex D. Davis oversaw the transition, becoming the bureau's first director, having headed the division since ...
The California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE) was a drug law enforcement agency, under the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ). The BNE was established in 1927, and was the oldest narcotic enforcement bureau in the United States at the time of it disbanding.
The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (BDAC) was created to address the congressional mandate from the drug abuse amendments in the Drug Abuse Control Act of 1965. [ 8 ] [ 10 ] BDAC was the FDA's first real venture into managing a major law enforcement organization, where FDA inspectors prior to its inception had never been trained in undercover ...
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) (since 1973) Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (1968–73) Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–68) Bureau of Prohibition (1927–33) Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (1966–68) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Bureau of Investigation (BOI) (1908–35) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)