The Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) which enforces narcotic laws. I will discuss some interesting parts of the DEA including the history of the DEA, responsibilities of the DEA, the problems the DEA face and how the DEA works together with other law enforcement branches. The DEA is the staple in drug prevention in and around the United States. They are specifically involved with the prevention of drug abuse and drug trafficking. The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States Department of Justice Law Enforcement agency tasked with suppressing the sale of recreational drugs of abuse and enforcing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
The History of the Drug Enforcement Administration
The long, proud, and honorable tradition of the federal drug enforcement agency began in 1915 with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In the decades to follow several federal agencies had drug law enforcement
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Currently, that number has risen to over 74 million. Behind these statistics are the stories of countless families, communities, and individuals adversely affected by drug abuse and drug …show more content…
The difference between funded and provisional state and local task forces is that the financial support for funded task forces is provided by DEA headquarters and includes additional resources for state and local overtime. Provisional task forces are supported by the operating budgets of DEA field division offices, without resources from DEA headquarters, and do not include state and local overtime. These task forces are staffed by over 1,100 DEA special agents and over 1,900 state and local police officers. Participating state and local officers are deputized to perform the same functions as DEA special
Throughout the years the DEA has done many operations in the United States and in foreign countries. During the 1960s drugs were becoming a serious problem in the United States. Drugs began to spread throughout the nation forcing the government to turn their focus on helping the prevention of this problem. The drug enforcement administration was fairly new in the early 1970s, but started right away in capturing many drug traffickers. On January of 1974, the DEA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is best known for its role on protecting the health of the public by making sure that food, medications are safe and effective. Especially when it comes to the pharmaceutical industry, its mission is to regulate pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as the drug approval process. However, in the recent years, many arguments and controversy regarding drug development and regulation have risen. Drug advertisements make false and misleading claims, products are being put out on the market without any proof of safety, causing many unwanted incidents such as the Avandia incident and Vioxx incident, which could have been prevented in the first place.
This legislation has also created a lasting impact on drug social policies that have followed after its passage, but there is growing discontent with that laws vested authority that lies in the Drug Enforcement Agencies sole regulatory power to control the scheduling of drugs. Health care organizations must continue to comply with existing legislation and attempt to respond to local concerns, as more states complicate the legal landscape that health care organizations operate in through the passage of medical marijuana laws. The Controlled Substances Act 1970 is a significant piece of persisting legislation that affects both health care organizations and American social
From the time the war on drugs began law enforcement developed a variety of strategies and tactics to combat drugs. For example, stop and frisk laws, drug courier profiles, and SWAT teams or tasks forces, all
In 1971 President Nixon declared an all-out war on drugs, now over a million non-violent drug offenders live behind bars. The war on drugs has been the longest, most costly, and destructive war in the US history as of today (Booth , 2007). The war on drugs focuses on the poor people, and not the bankers that launder the money. In 1973 Nixon created the DEA, which stands for Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA is a federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics, and controlled substances. Their job is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations. When Nixon declared the war on drugs in 1971, the federal budget was 101 million dollars, going into the year 2000; the federal budget allegation was 20 billion dollars. Half of what we spend in the court systems and prison is drug related (Booth , 2007).
In the twenty-first century there is a plethora of drugs distributing from Mexico to the United States all the way to Canada causing numerous people to be sentenced to prison, to depart from their families, and to even die. Luckily, there is one law enforcement agency created by the U.S. government to banish these horrible facets, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Breaking down and destroying drug empires, arresting the kingpin leaders of illegal narcotics, and trying to put an end to this terrorizing crime. Drug cartels have always been an enormous issue all across the globe, but the DEA is like the superhero trying to fight
In the late 1960's and early 1970's, the federal government began to increasingly tighten drug laws. In 1972, President Richard Nixon formally declared a "War on Drugs", which continues
The Department of Defense is also part of DHS; this department controls the military in its totality whether its use is foreign or domestic, and DHS protects our nation 's borders. Having this said, or nations Immigration and Naturalization services are also under the supervision of the Department of Homeland Security. The department DHS has two different functions one of which is the enforcement, and the other is the services, in this case, l ICE and CIS (as previously explained abbreviations will be Further described in the Paper).
The Drug Enforcement Administration also referred to as the DEA is an agency within the United States that enforces federal law under the supervision of the U.S. department of Justice (United States Department of Justice, 2014). The DEA has several sole responsibilities; in congruency with mid level medical providers such as Nurse Practitioners (NP); it is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substance Act with the sole responsibility of coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad (Baker & Biederman, 2015).
In 1988, Reagan created the Office of National Drug Control Policy to coordinate drug-related legislative, security, diplomatic, research and health policy throughout the government. Agency directors were dubbed “drug czars” by the media. In 1993, President Bill Clinton raised the post to Cabinet-level status. Ronald Reagan prior, in 1982 deemed drug use “a threat to national security.” President Reagan is mostly known for the term “war on drugs” but it was actually President Richard M.
The Drug Enforcement Administration also known as DEA is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency. Their purposes is to enforce the law to stop the sale of illegal drugs, drug trafficking, investigate major crimes within the United States and internationally, and to secure and protect our communities from ever confronting drugs. D.E.A. also cooperates with many major law enforcement agencies such as federal, state, local, and overseas law enforcement agencies to stop criminals from smuggling drugs in our territory and help the people from getting involved with drugs. Other responsibilities include investigating major crimes, carrying out mission, and detain drug traffickers operations in interstate and international
To start, it is important to know both the federal and state laws. They both cover a broad range of drug-related crimes. So basically, federal drug laws are enforced by officers in the DEA, FBI, Secret Service, and US Treasury Department. On the other hand, state level drug laws are enforced by county, local, and state
The DEA was created by President Richard Nixon by Executive Order in July 1973. He established a unified command to combat “an all-out global war on the drug menace.” The DEA’s mission is to enforce the controlled substance laws and regulations of the United States and
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs with various other law enforcement and intelligence gathering agencies, including the ODALE, was given the responsibility of enforcing the nation’s federal drug laws. It’s enormous sphere of influence is reflected in its Mission Statement which states among other things; “The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States…”(15) The DEA was designed as an American agency with an international agenda.
In the 20th century, the United States government led a major renewed surge in drug prohibition called the "War on Drugs", this started the US on a spiral that would harm us all. Since the war on drugs began under the administration of President Richard Nixon, the federal drug-fighting budget has increased from $100 million in 1970 to $15.1 billion in 2010, with a total cost estimated near 1 trillion dollars over 40 years (drug policy, 2015). The amount of money that the United States spends on drugs could be used in many better fields of government. A large argument against this is that this money has been used to help end drug use. If that statement is true, then the DEA is doing a poor job at ending drug use since drug use has gone up since the war has started. The financial cost of the drug war is not worth it due to progress not being made here in the United States.