Bureau of Drug Abuse Control

Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
AbbreviationBDAC
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 1, 1966
DissolvedApril 1, 1968
Superseding agencyBureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUnited States of America
Operational structure
Overseen byCommissioner of Food and Drugs
Agency executive
Parent agencyFood and Drug Administration

The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (BDAC) was an American law enforcement agency that investigated the consumption, trafficking, and distribution of drugs and controlled substances. BDAC was a Bureau of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the sum total of the two years that BDAC existed, it investigated and closed around 300 criminal cases, seized 43 clandestine drug laboratories, and made over 1,300 arrests.