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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 Narcotics Commissioner of India is assisted by three Deputy Narcotics Commissioners (DNC), who are in charge of units in the opium-growing states, such as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The Class I officers in the Central Bureau of Narcotics are officers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central GST).
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.
In 2024, it was reported that LAX airport is the central hub for narcotics in the US, perhaps even the world. [3] In the United States, "narcotics" and "drugs" are legally considered different classes and/or types of substances. [4]
In the United States, state bureaus of narcotics are bureau of law enforcement at U.S. state level, counterparts to the national Drug Enforcement Administration. Some states have a state bureau of narcotics but some do not. Some states let state police have state narcotics units or divisions to enforce drug laws on the state level.
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.
The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 made opioids illegal in all non-medical cases and restricted the ability of doctors to prescribe them. [1] The Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act of 1922 further restricted opioids, and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics was established in 1930 to enforce these
The National Map from the USGS; US Census Bureau map products; MapQuest World Atlas - United States; Microsoft/Encarta/Expedia World Atlas with atlas for North America to street level. Multimap World Atlas - United States; Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - United States has an extensive online collection of scanned maps of the US.