Kinda how I figured it, but didn’t know how closely in time they were founded. Interesting!
Comment on Why is the DEA and ATF separate? Seems like they cover similar things from similar circles.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most people don’t consider alcohol and tobacco drugs, also alcohol, tobacco and guns have been around in the US for hundreds of years. Pretty much all the drugs that the DEA covers are relatively new compared to alcohol and tobacco, Cannabis is probably the only exception but even that wasn’t nearly as common to grow and consume as the other two. The ATF was founded a year before the DEA.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Me either, I looked it up to figure it out and was surprised as well. I thought they were founded further apart. I think the ATF had a different name formerly.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Are we forgetting that you could buy morphine and even diamorphine tinctures legally for a long time? Often marketed as cough medicine.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You could buy cocaine legally over the counter when Lincoln was president.
Aggy@kbin.social 1 year ago
Some people say they were born in the wrong decade. Today I learned I was born in the wrong century.