Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing drug control laws before its functions were absorbed into the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Observed surface forms (5)
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BNDD ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateDissolved | 1973 ⓘ |
| dateFormed | 1968 ⓘ |
| dissolvedInto | Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ |
| focus |
dangerous drugs
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narcotics ⓘ |
| formedBy | merger of Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Bureau of Drug Abuse Control ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legalBasis |
Controlled Substances Act
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surface form:
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968 ⓘ |
| mandate |
control of narcotics and dangerous drugs
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coordination of federal anti-drug efforts ⓘ |
| notableChange | functions transferred to Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973 ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| oversight | United States Attorney General ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
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Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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| replaced | fragmented federal drug enforcement functions ⓘ |
| responsibility |
enforcement of federal drug control laws
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investigation of illegal drug trafficking ⓘ regulation of controlled substances ⓘ |
| sector | drug law enforcement ⓘ |
| status | defunct agency ⓘ |
| successor | Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ |
| typeOfAgency | criminal investigative agency ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
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oversees
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Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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this entity surface form:
Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section of the Criminal Division
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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predecessor
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Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
this entity surface form:
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Customs (drug investigations)