The following articles appear in this section:

Agencies in Drug Law Enforcement and Supply Control;
Agencies Supporting Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment;
Agencies Supporting Substance Abuse Research;
Drug Policy Offices in the Executive Office of the President;
The Organization of U.S. Drug Policy

Agencies in Drug Law Enforcement and Supply Control

So many agencies are involved in drug law-enforcement and supply-control activities that none are discussed here in detail. Except for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the order in which these descriptions appear is not necessarily related to the importance of an agency's role in the overall supply-control effort: Their functions frequently fit together like parts of an intricate puzzle.

The DEA was created in 1973 as a result of a reorganization that merged the activities and personnel from four federal drug law-enforcement programs into one agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ). John...