Drug Enforcement Administration facts for kids
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Drug Enforcement Administration's seal
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DEA Special Agent badge
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Flag of the DEA
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | July 1, 1973 |
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| Employees | 10,169 (2019) |
| Annual budget | US$3.136 billion (FY2019) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | United States |
| Operations jurisdiction | United States |
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| Headquarters | Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Special Agents | 4,924 |
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| Parent agency | United States Department of Justice |
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| www.dea.gov | |
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a law enforcement agency that works for the United States Department of Justice that enforces the United States drug laws. The DEA is the agency with most responsible for drug enforcement in the U.S. and also shares its responsibilities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It also has complete responsibility (duty to do something) for U.S. drug enforcement investigations in other countries.
History
The Drug Enforcement Administration was created on 1 July 1973, by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon on 28 March 1973. It suggested a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as to join together and to organize the government's drug control efforts.
In 1999, the DEA opened the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum in Arlington, Virginia. In February 2003, the DEA started a Digital Evidence Laboratory in its Office of Forensic Sciences.
Organization
The DEA is run by an Administrator of Drug Enforcement who is given the job by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The Administrator's direct boss is the Attorney General through the Deputy Attorney General. It has its own training centre called the DEA Academy on the United States Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia with the FBI Academy. It has 21 domestic divisions inside the U.S. with 227 field offices and 86 foreign offices in 62 countries. With a budget of over 2.415 billion U.S. dollars, the DEA employs over 10,800 people, including over 5,500 Special agents.
Narcotics registration
The DEA has a system in place which allows doctors and other people, such as dentists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, to prescribe medicines, researchers and manufacturers access to "Schedule I" drugs, as well as Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Images for kids
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DEA Aviation Division logo
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Two DEA agents in a shoot house exercise
See also
In Spanish: Administración de Control de Drogas para niños
