Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
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The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was a U.S. federal agency in the 1960s responsible for enforcing laws against the illegal use and distribution of certain drugs, later merged into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bureau of Drug Abuse Control canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1257214 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Drug Abuse Control Context triple: [Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, predecessor, Bureau of Drug Abuse Control]
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A.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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).
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B.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates and oversees national drug-control strategy and policies across the government.
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C.
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a U.S. State Department bureau responsible for combating international drug trafficking, strengthening foreign criminal justice systems, and promoting the rule of law worldwide.
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D.
Narcotics Division
The Narcotics Division is a specialized unit of the New York City Police Department responsible for investigating and combating illegal drug activity throughout the city.
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E.
DEA Office of Diversion Control
The DEA Office of Diversion Control is the division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration responsible for preventing, investigating, and regulating the diversion of legal controlled substances into illegal channels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Drug Abuse Control Target entity description: The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was a U.S. federal agency in the 1960s responsible for enforcing laws against the illegal use and distribution of certain drugs, later merged into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
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A.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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).
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B.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates and oversees national drug-control strategy and policies across the government.
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C.
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a U.S. State Department bureau responsible for combating international drug trafficking, strengthening foreign criminal justice systems, and promoting the rule of law worldwide.
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D.
Narcotics Division
The Narcotics Division is a specialized unit of the New York City Police Department responsible for investigating and combating illegal drug activity throughout the city.
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E.
DEA Office of Diversion Control
The DEA Office of Diversion Control is the division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration responsible for preventing, investigating, and regulating the diversion of legal controlled substances into illegal channels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States federal agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1968 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
controlled substances regulation
ⓘ
drug abuse control ⓘ drug law enforcement ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
control of non-narcotic dangerous drugs
ⓘ
enforcement of federal drug laws ⓘ investigation of illegal drug distribution ⓘ investigation of illegal drug use ⓘ regulation of certain depressant and stimulant drugs ⓘ regulation of hallucinogenic drugs ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | predecessor of modern U.S. federal drug enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1966 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
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| legalBasis | United States federal drug laws ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributing to the formation of the Drug Enforcement Administration
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early federal enforcement of non-narcotic dangerous drugs ⓘ |
| operatedInTheTimePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Food and Drug Administration ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Food and Drug Administration ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Department of Health and Human Services
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States federal law enforcement ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | reorganization of federal drug law enforcement ⓘ |
| reasonForMerge | consolidation with Federal Bureau of Narcotics into BNDD ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ |
| successor | Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bureau of Drug Abuse Control Description of subject: The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was a U.S. federal agency in the 1960s responsible for enforcing laws against the illegal use and distribution of certain drugs, later merged into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.