Reading Room Document

Drug Enforcement Obligation of the United States Pursuant to International Obligations

The document discusses the potential coordination of FBI and DEA drug enforcement activities and whether it would be consistent with the international obligations of the United States. The conclusion reached is that the proposed configuration for drug enforcement would be permissible under the international obligations of the United States. The document presents questions regarding the legality of the proposed coordination, specifically in relation to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and the Convention on Psychotropic Drugs of 1971, and whether it would violate the requirement to maintain a single agency for drug enforcement.

December 21, 1981