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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cross-posted. Please excuse duplication.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Museum is making traveling displays available to public libraries. To request a display, interested librarians can either contact Jan McKay Wrzesinski, Museum Director
of the DEA Museum, at <a href="mailto:deamuseum@dea.gov">deamuseum@dea.gov</a> or reach out to the
<a href="https://www.dea.gov/divisions/detroit">DEA’s Detroit Division</a>, which serves Ohio and Michigan. A plus of going through a field division is that the library can request a speaker, and if the field division has a person available, they will try
to arrange that. DEA Special Agents appreciate the opportunity to talk with youth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">See a copy of the invitation (below) and a 12-page booklet about the exhibit here:
<a href="https://drugexhibit.org/downloads/DEAMuseum__FreeExhibitOnTeensAndDrugs__combined.pdf">
https://drugexhibit.org/downloads/DEAMuseum__FreeExhibitOnTeensAndDrugs__combined.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Exhibit for Teens Available for Public Libraries
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Social pressures, a desire to take risks, insecurities, and many other factors affect a teen’s decision to try illicit drugs and/or continue to experiment with them. Many teens do not understand the long-term
harm these drugs can cause. The consequences of drug use include changes in behavior, academic issues, strained family relationships, depression symptoms, and even suicide risks and loss of interest in the future. Research has found that teens desire the facts
about drugs, without lectures or scare tactics. They are very interested in knowing more, and they need help in staying drug-free.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The DEA Museum has developed a new exhibit, for use in public libraries, to inform young people about drugs. The exhibit addresses teens and younger children by asking, “So what’s the big deal about drugs?”
The exhibit, entitled <b><i>Drugs and You: Use Your Head</i></b><i>, </i>provides information about specific drugs, addiction, and peer pressure, but goes on to encourage teens to develop dreams for their future, engage in healthy activities, and build positive
friendships. <i>Drugs and You </i>is a “pop up” two-sided, three-dimensional unit/exhibit approximately 8 feet high and 5 feet wide. All exhibit information is presented in a friendly, engaging way that welcomes the visitor to explore the exhibit in discrete
sections. An appealing graphic novel design and informational “bubbles” invite teens to learn through words on the panel and through the content connected to QR codes that are integrated within the design.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It is recommended that a five-foot circumference surrounding the exhibit be maintained for visitor viewing and engagement. While there are no computers or speakers in the exhibit, teens/visitors will be viewing
videos on their phones or tablets, so audio should be considered when the library location is chosen.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The exhibit is being loaned to libraries at no cost for an agreed upon duration
<b>while supplies are available. </b>The length of time the exhibit will be shown is up to the venue, but a recommended time duration is at least two months. The exhibit is easy to set up and take down by following the included directions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A printed resource sheet and QR code flyers are also provided to distribute to the public.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information contact:
<a href="mailto:deamuseum@dea.gov">deamuseum@dea.gov</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="249" height="169" style="width:2.5916in;height:1.7583in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.emz@01DACBB4.3FB77370"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.deamuseum.org">www.deamuseum.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62;mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="96" height="102" style="width:1.0in;height:1.0583in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01DACBB4.3FB77370"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62;mso-ligatures:none">Janet Ingraham Dwyer (she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62;mso-ligatures:none">Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62;mso-ligatures:none">614-644-6910<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jdwyer@library.ohio.gov"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">jdwyer@library.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/youth-services"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">library.ohio.gov/youth-services</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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