[SEO-Members] Free traveling exhibit on teens & drugs from DEA

[jdwyer at library.ohio.gov]

Cross-posted. Please excuse duplication.

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 deamuseum at dea.gov<mailto:deamuseum at dea.gov> or reach out to the DEA's Detroit Division<https://www.dea.gov/divisions/detroit>, 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.

See a copy of the invitation (below) and a 12-page booklet about the exhibit here: https://drugexhibit.org/downloads/DEAMuseum__FreeExhibitOnTeensAndDrugs__combined.pdf

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Exhibit for Teens Available for Public Libraries

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.

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 Drugs and You: Use Your Head, 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. Drugs and You 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.

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.

The exhibit is being loaned to libraries at no cost for an agreed upon duration while supplies are available. 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.

A printed resource sheet and QR code flyers are also provided to distribute to the public.

For more information contact: deamuseum at dea.gov<mailto:deamuseum at dea.gov>

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www.deamuseum.org<http://www.deamuseum.org>



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Janet Ingraham Dwyer (she/her)
Library Consultant
614-644-6910
jdwyer at library.ohio.gov<mailto:jdwyer at library.ohio.gov>
library.ohio.gov/youth-services<http://library.ohio.gov/youth-services>

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