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[[Image:DEAgenealogy.gif|thumb|350px|right|The Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs directly preceded the Drug Enforcement Administration.]]
The '''Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs''' (BNDD) was a predecessor agency of the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA). It was formed as a subsidiary of the [[United States Department of Justice]] in [[1968]], combining the [[Bureau of Narcotics]] (from the [[United States Department of the Treasury]]) and [[Bureau of Drug Abuse Control]] (from the [[United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare]]'s [[Food and Drug Administration]]) into one agency.
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).<ref> [http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/aof/aof11.html The Narcotics Business:John Ingersoll's Version] </ref>
In January 1971 the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) director, [[Richard Helms]], approved a program of "covert recruitment and security clearance support to BNDD", on request of the BNDD director, [[John Ingersoll]].<ref name=GWU29>
{{cite web |url= http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/family_jewels_pt1_ocr.pdf |title= CIA's "Family Jewels" - Part 1 |pages=p.29 |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher= Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/history/deahistory_01.htm |title= DEA History Book 1970 - 1975 |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=Drug Enforcement Administration |quote= John E. Ingersoll served as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) from 1968 until 1973.}} </ref> Ingersoll suspected widespread [[Police corruption|corruption]] among BNDD agents, and in December 1970 requested the CIA's assistance in rooting it out.<ref name=GWU62>
{{cite web |url= http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/family_jewels_pt1_ocr.pdf |title= CIA's "Family Jewels" - Part 1 |pages=p.62 |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher= Central Intelligence Agency }}</ref>
In [[1973]], the BNDD was merged into the newly formed DEA.
== See also ==
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* [[List of United States federal law enforcement agencies]]
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/agency/genealogy.htm Genealogy], DEA History.
[[Category:Federal law enforcement agencies of the United States]]
[[Category:Drug control history]]