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Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center

Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center
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Established1999
Location700 Army Navy Drive
Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates38°51′53″N 77°03′28″W / 38.8646°N 77.0578°W / 38.8646; -77.0578
TypeLaw enforcement, history of drugs, and drug use
OwnerDrug Enforcement Administration
Websitedeamuseum.org
An exhibit at the museum

The Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center is a museum owned by the Drug Enforcement Administration and located in Arlington County, Virginia.[1] Its first exhibit, featuring exhibits of cannabis, coca, and poppy, opened in 1999.[2][3]

The museum has appeared on a list of ten best sites published in USA Today.[4] Fodor's calls its exhibits "hard hitting";[5] Lonely Planet's guide to Washington D.C. sarcastically recommended the museum, "If...you think all drug users and pushers should go to jail for a very long time and drugs and terrorism go hand in hand--or if you just have a thing for heavy-handed propaganda".[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact Us". Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center. Retrieved 2023-06-24. Visiting Address 700 Army Navy Dr Arlington, VA 22202
  2. ^ Sherman, Jill (2010), Drug Trafficking, ABDO Publishing Company, p. 84, ISBN 9781617852121
  3. ^ Fahey, David M.; Miller, Jon S. (2010), Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC Clio, p. 853, ISBN 9781598844795
  4. ^ Larry Bleiberg (April 14, 2017), "10 best 4/20 sites: Where marijuana history was made", USA Today
  5. ^ Fodor's Washington, D.C. 2016, Fodor's, 2015, p. 209, ISBN 9781101879092
  6. ^ Karlin, Adam; St. Louis, Regis (2010), Lonely Planet Washington, DC, Lonely Planet, p. 123, ISBN 9781741790450
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