Four Federal Agencies Involved In Drug Law Enforcement

The four federal agencies in the U.S. that are involved in drug interdiction include the DEA, the U.S. Customs and Border Control, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. military (Levinthal, 2012). In 1973, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Customs' drug agents were combined and reestablished as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA Programs, n.d.). It is the only one of the four agencies whose only responsibility is drug-law enforcement. There are more than 4,000 officers, who all have the authority to carry a firearm and arrest offenders. They investigate major drug-law breakers, enforce regulation and other duties that both prevent and control the trafficking of drugs (Levinthal, 2012).

The next agency, the U.S. Customs