Target America Opens in Tampa
September 16, 2011
The DEA Museum’s traveling exhibit Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause, an interactive exhibit that explores the science behind the damaging effects of illegal drugs on the mind and body and the other tremendous costs associated with the production, sale and use of illegal drugs will be on exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa, Florida beginning September 16, 2011 through September 3, 2012.
Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause
The DEA Museum opened a powerful exhibit September 2002 that traces the historic and contemporary connections between global drug trafficking and terrorism.
Target America allows visitors to explore a global and historical overview of this deadly connection.
Expanded in 2004, Target America now presents not only narco-terrorism issues, but also a look at other costs to society–costs to children, costs to the environment, costs to the body, and ends with an important look at how each visitor can work to break the cycle of drug abuse and drug-related violence.
Development Partners
The following organizations have significantly assisted the DEA Museum with the development and/or expansion of the Target America exhibit:
- The Office of National Drug Control Policy
- The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse
- The National Guard
