Abstract
The Bureau of Narcotics, established in the Treasury Department in 1930, is the federal agency charged with the duty of regulating, supervising, and controlling the trade in narcotic drugs under the applicable federal laws. It serves as the special administration that the United States was obligated to create for this purpose under the Narcotics Limitation Convention of 1931. The United States has obligations, under this and other conventions and protocols, to restrict the availability of narcotic drugs to medical and scientific needs. The two principal federal narcotic laws are the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act and the so-called Harrison Narcotic Law, as amended. The first of these laws authorizes the importation of only such quantities of opium and coca leaves as the commissioner of narcotics finds necessary to provide for medical and scientific needs. Importation of any form of narcotic drug, except such limited quantities of crude opium and
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