Mind & Body: Taekwondo Grandmaster Paul Kim
Posted October 28, 2008
Many children confront the decision to take drugs. Master Kim leads a martial arts activity and discusses the role of the martial arts in maintaining health and fitness, and its special role in the Korean community anti-drug campaign.
Admission is FREE!
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High-Tech Crime Lab:
Evidence at Your Fingertips
Posted October 28, 2008
Over the years, there have been many advances in fingerprint technology. How does this technology aid the DEA in drug enforcement? Forensic scientists from the DEA laboratories will demonstrate the latest in fingerprint technology and explain the science behind this drug enforcement tool.
Admission is FREE!
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Drug Dogs &
The Science of Smell
Posted October 28, 2008
Because a dog’s sense of smell is 50-100 times more powerful than our own, they play an important role in drug enforcement. Learn from Steve Sloan about the science of smell. Watch a drug dog demonstration and try to match their capabilities in a lively scavenger hunt.
Admission is FREE!
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You’re On, Neuron:
The Latest in Brain Research
Posted October 28, 2008
Why is drug addiction such a powerful force? There are chemical factors that bind abusers to their drug of choice. Participate in an engaging discussion with USC brain research scientist Dr. Antoine Bechara about the science of addiction.
Admission is FREE!
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Chicago Vigil
Posted August 22, 2008
Too many lives, which held so much promise, have been lost to drugs. Too many dreams and potential, never realized. Our hopes for them dashed…and our worst fears for them came true. Their flames were snuffed out well before their time. Who would they have become? What would they have contributed to our world-a world which is so less rich because their talents vanished from our midst. Their promise lost-the athlete, the actress, the budding star, the little brother or sister…the young adult looking forward to the promise life held…and the adult who couldn't face the future.
National Symposium
December 4, 2001 at the DEA Museum, Arlington, Virginia
Posted August 22, 2008
The events of September 11, 2001 had a profound impact on American life. The activities of a group of globally-based terrorists have impacted society in a way few imagined possible. What few Americans realize, however, is the inexorable and historical links between the activities of terrorists and those of narcotics traffickers around the world. To educate the American public about this link, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Museum and the DEA Educational Foundation launched an effort to build a first-class educational program to share with the American public the significant and complex relationships between terrorism and drug trafficking. This symposium is the first step in bringing together the best minds in the field for a provocative discussion on this important subject. The subsequent traveling exhibit provides the public with a never-before-seen look into the world of narco-terrorism.
Coming Events
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October 23 - 31, 2008
Red Ribbon Week: Activities at the exhibit. -
Spring 2009
"Science Matters" public forum
