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... > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drugs organizations and agencies > Federal Bureau of Narcotics

... > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drugs organizations and agencies > Federal Bureau of Narcotics

... > social problems > drugs and society > drug policy > drugs organizations and agencies > Federal Bureau of Narcotics

Preferred term

Federal Bureau of Narcotics

Definition

On June 14, 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) became an agency within the Treasury Department, marking the unofficial beginning of what became known officially in the 1970s as the war on drugs. The FBN's establishment took a circuitous route. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations; Federal Bureau of Narcotics]

Broader concept

drugs organizations and agencies

Belongs to group

organizations

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Federal_Bureau_of_Narcotics

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