U.S. Department
of Justice
Scope of the Attorney General’s Authority to Assign Duties Under 21 U.S.C. § 878(a)(5)
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Headnotes
Under 21 U.S.C. § 878(a)(5), the Attorney General may authorize the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate possible violations of federal law, even if those violations do not concern the narcotics laws.
Updated July 9, 2014