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Comment on Why is the DEA and ATF separate? Seems like they cover similar things from similar circles.

I’m still annoyed alcohol isn’t administered by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s both a food and a drug. I want nutrition labels (mostly for the calorie count) on my alcohol. They don’t have them because the ATF does not require them as the FDA does.

Honestly, the ATF can just be split with half being folded into the FDA and the other half folded into the FBI. The ATF doesn’t need to exist.

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jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Although neither the ATF nor DEA existed at the time, part of the reason might have to do with ATF’s precursor existing for a really long time, before we cared about many other drugs. DEA pretty much came about under Nixon’s war on drugs.

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kleenbhole@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
But what about prohibition era gangsters smuggling guns cigarettes and liquor? How will we fight that scourge?

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FetidArmadillo@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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- Dr_Cog@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The middle man is great if you want to ensure no action is ever taken
  
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JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Take a look at their federal registers at the type of different actions they’ve been up to lately. You will see they are completely different.

federalregister.gov/…/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-an…

federalregister.gov/…/drug-enforcement-administra…

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Thavron@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

It’s both a food and a drug.

Drinks are food?

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- Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  www.dictionary.com/browse/food
  
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  - Thavron@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Second definition: more or less solid nourishment, as distinguished from liquids.
    
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