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Definition of Drug enforcement agency
1. Noun. Federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations.
Group relationships: Department Of Justice, Doj, Justice, Justice Department
Generic synonyms: Law Enforcement Agency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drug Enforcement Agency
Literary usage of Drug enforcement agency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Law Enforcement Management & Administrative Statistics, 1993: Data for by Brian A. Reaves (1995)
"... Primary drug enforcement responsibility Special unit for drug enforcement
Agency Full-time has unit officers Multiagency drug task force Agency in task ..."
2. Multijurisdictional Drug Law Enforcement Strategies: Reducing Supply And Demand (1993)
"... instead of attempting to form a new independent group for enforcing drug laws,
the towns formed a unit within an experienced drug enforcement agency, ..."
3. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"drug enforcement agency. 2996 National Narcotics Intelligence Consumers Committee
Report: The Supply of Illicit Drugs to the United States. ..."