'Target America': The DEA's Traveling Drug Show

NPR | By Luke Burbank

Published September 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Luke Burbank reports on Target America, a traveling exhibit set up by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The DEA is hoping the exhibit will deter drug use by featuring items from drug-related accidents and displays that aim to link drug buying with terrorism.

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