Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

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The Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs directly preceded the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) was a bureau within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and a predecessor agency of the modern Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

History

It was created by § 3 of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968, submitted to Congress on 7 February 1968 and effective 8 April 1968.

United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Food and Drug Administration
) into one agency.

In 1973, the BNDD was merged into the newly formed Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Activities

In 1971, the BNDD was composed of 1,500 agents and had a budget of some $43 million (which was more than fourteen times the size of the budget of the former Bureau of Narcotics).[2]

In January 1971 the

corruption among BNDD agents, and in December 1970 requested the CIA's assistance in rooting it out.[5]

See also

  • United States v. Russell: U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Bureau.
  • List of United States federal law enforcement agencies

References

  1. ^ 33 FR 5611, 82 Stat. 1367 at 1368
  2. ^ The Narcotics Business:John Ingersoll's Version
  3. ^ "CIA's "Family Jewels" - Part 1" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency (National Security Archive). p. 29. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  4. ^ "DEA History Book 1970 - 1975". Drug Enforcement Administration. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-06-16. John E. Ingersoll served as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) from 1968 until 1973.
  5. ^ "CIA's "Family Jewels" - Part 1" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency (National Security Archive). p. 62. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

External links

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