Drug Enforcement Administration
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and distribution and enforcing the nation’s controlled substances laws.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drug Enforcement Administration Context triple: [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, cooperatesWith, Drug Enforcement Administration]
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A.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates and oversees national drug-control strategy and policies across the government.
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B.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
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C.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating and taxing the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition industries to ensure compliance with federal laws and generate revenue.
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D.
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the nation’s tax laws and collecting federal taxes.
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E.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drug Enforcement Administration Target entity description: The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and distribution and enforcing the nation’s controlled substances laws.
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A.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is a U.S. federal agency that coordinates and oversees national drug-control strategy and policies across the government.
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B.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
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C.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating and taxing the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition industries to ensure compliance with federal laws and generate revenue.
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D.
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the nation’s tax laws and collecting federal taxes.
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E.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal law enforcement agency
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
DEA
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linked to:
Drug Enforcement Administration
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| collaboratesWith |
Customs and Border Protection
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateFounded | 1973-07-01 ⓘ |
| employs |
diversion investigators
ⓘ
forensic chemists ⓘ intelligence analysts ⓘ special agents ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
illegal drug distribution
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illegal drug trafficking ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
DEA Intelligence Division
ⓘ
DEA Office of Diversion Control ⓘ DEA Office of Forensic Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA Special Operations Division ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
DEA 360 Strategy
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Prescription Drug Take Back Program ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Arlington, Virginia
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalBasis |
Controlled Substances Act
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Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 ⓘ |
| mission |
combat drug trafficking and distribution in the United States
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enforce controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States ⓘ |
| motto | Enforcing the Controlled Substances Laws and Regulations of the United States ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
foreign countries ⓘ |
| oversees | National Drug Threat Assessment ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| partOf | United States law enforcement community ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Bureau of Customs (drug investigations)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs ⓘ Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
|
| reportsTo | United States Attorney General ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordination of U.S. drug enforcement efforts with foreign governments
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investigation of major drug trafficking organizations ⓘ regulation of controlled substances for medical, scientific, and industrial use ⓘ |
| supervisingOfficerTitle | Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ |
| typeOfLawEnforcement | drug control ⓘ |
| uses | DEA drug scheduling system ⓘ |
| website | https://www.dea.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Drug Enforcement Administration Description of subject: The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and distribution and enforcing the nation’s controlled substances laws.
Referenced by (199)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Intelligence Community
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hasMember
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Office of National Security Intelligence (Drug Enforcement Administration)
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linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
subject linked to:
Assistant United States Attorneys
linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA Special Operations Division
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collaboratesWith
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Drug Enforcement Administration field divisions
ⓘ
linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
linked to: Drug Enforcement Administration
subject linked to:
United States Attorneys
subject linked to:
CSA
Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008
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enforcedBy
→
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996
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associatedWith
→
Drug Enforcement Administration
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