Colonel Levi Nutt | |
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| Chief of Internal Revenue Agents | |
| In office 1917–1920 | |
| Deputy Commissioner of Bureau of Prohibition Narcotics Enforcement Division | |
| In office 1920 – March 1, 1930 | |
| Appointed by | Treasury Secretary Carter Glass |
| Acting Commissioner Federal Bureau of Narcotics | |
| In office June 14, 1930 – September 1930 | |
| Appointed by | President Herbert Hoover |
| Succeeded by | Harry J. Anslinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 10, 1865 Buckingham, Illinois |
| Died | April 16, 1938 Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Eldridgeville Cemetery, Illinois |
| Spouse | Mary Eulalia (Armitage) Nutt |
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| Nickname | Lefty Nutt |
Levi Gamble Nutt was the Chief of the Narcotics Division within the Prohibition Unit of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1919 to 1930, prior to the creation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN).[1] He was a registered pharmacist, and led the Division to the arrest of tens of thousands of drug addicts and dealers in the Prohibition era.[2]
- ^ Study, Institute of Medicine (US) Committee for the Substance Abuse Coverage; Gerstein, Dean R.; Harwood, Henrick J. (1992), "A Century of American Narcotic Policy", Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2: Commissioned Papers on Historical, Institutional, and Economic Contexts of Drug Treatment, National Academies Press (US), retrieved 2024-08-19
- ^ Mabry, Donald J. (1989). The Latin American Narcotics Trade and U.S. National Security. Greenwood Press.