An acronym for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
The principal federal agency for enforcement of drug laws pertaining to drug trafficking, investigation, drug intelligence, and regulatory control, administered within the United States Department of Justice.
The federal agency which has to do with licensing the physician, hospital, and others to handle controlled substances, such as narcotics. The predecessor agency was the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD).