Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center
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Established | 1999 |
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Location | 700 Army Navy Drive Arlington, Virginia |
Coordinates | 38°51′53″N 77°03′28″W / 38.8646°N 77.0578°W |
Type | Law enforcement, history of drugs and drug use |
Owner | Drug Enforcement Administration |
Website | deamuseum |
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An exhibit at the museum
The Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center is a museum owned by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and located in Arlington, Virginia. Its first exhibit opened in 1999,[1] and features exhibits on cannabis, coca, and poppy.[2]
The museum has appeared on a list of ten best 420 sites published in USA Today.[3] Fodor's calls its exhibits "hard hitting";[4] 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".[5]
References[]
- ^ Sherman, Jill (2010), Drug Trafficking, ABDO Publishing Company, p. 84, ISBN 9781617852121
- ^ Fahey, David M.; Miller, Jon S. (2010), Alcohol and Drugs in North America: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC Clio, p. 853, ISBN 9781598844795
- ^ Larry Bleiberg (April 14, 2017), "10 best 4/20 sites: Where marijuana history was made", USA Today
- ^ Fodor's Washington, D.C. 2016, Fodor's, 2015, p. 209, ISBN 9781101879092
- ^ Karlin, Adam; St. Louis, Regis (2010), Lonely Planet Washington, DC, Lonely Planet, p. 123, ISBN 9781741790450
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Categories:
- 1999 establishments in Virginia
- Cannabis museums
- Law enforcement museums in the United States
- Museums established in 1999
- Museums in Arlington County, Virginia
- Medical museums in the United States