The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) was a bureau within the
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United Stat ...
(DOJ) and a predecessor agency of the modern
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...
(DEA).
History
It was created by ยง 3 of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968, submitted to Congress on 7 February 1968 and effective 8 April 1968. It was formed as a subsidiary of the
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United Stat ...
, combining the
Bureau of Narcotics (from the
United States Department of the Treasury
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) and
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (from the
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's
Food and Drug Administration
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) into one agency.
In 1973, the BNDD was merged into the newly formed
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...
(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).
In January 1971 the
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
(CIA) director,
Richard Helms, approved a program of "covert recruitment and security clearance support to BNDD", on request of the BNDD director, John Ingersoll.
[
] Ingersoll suspected widespread
corruption
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among BNDD agents, and in December 1970 requested the CIA's assistance in rooting it out.
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See also
* ''
United States v. Russell'': U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Bureau.
*
List of United States federal law enforcement agencies
References
External links
Genealogy DEA History.
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Defunct federal law enforcement agencies of the United States
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Government agencies established in 1968
1973 disestablishments
Central Intelligence Agency