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January 10, 2008
SAVE
A STAR Drug Awareness Foundation, in
partnership with the DEA Museum Foundation
to reach millions of youth and families
throughout the country on the dangers
associated with improper prescription drug
use.
The Rx Factor Traveling
Exhibit will
explore the history of prescription drug
abuse and diversion in the United States and
efforts to combat the problem through time.
It will also include depictions of
significant cases and displays illustrating
the impact of these substances on the human
body. The rise of rogue internet
pharmacies in the past ten years is
highlighted as well as the science of how
medicine can have therapeutic effects on the
body when taken properly, but detrimental
effects when misused. The exhibit will
also include Daniel Lee Katz’s story and
information about the SAVE A STAR Drug
Awareness Foundation and its vital and very
timely mission. Daniel died of a
prescription drug overdose on June 15, 2007,
at the young age of 25.
Most Americans are not
aware of the scope of the prescription drug
problem in America today - that nearly one
in five high school seniors admit to abusing
powerful prescription painkillers, or that
opioid painkillers now cause more drug
overdose deaths than cocaine and heroin
combined. Prescription drug abuse is
not a new problem, but is a rapidly growing
one – nearly seven million Americans are
abusing prescription drugs; eighty percent
more than just six years ago.
Director of Development
for the DEA Museum Foundation, William K.
Beach, will work closely with the SAVE A
STAR Drug Awareness Foundation to raise the
necessary funds that will be required for
the construction and operation of what will
be a first class traveling exhibit and
education/resource center. This will
enable the partnership to bring a direct
message and face to face interaction to the
general public on the fastest growing drug
problem in America today. The exhibit
will leave the public with a meaningful
experience, and reinforcing it with the very
compelling story of Daniel Lee Katz, and the
loss of both promise and potential never
realized.
SAVE A STAR Drug Awareness Foundation and
the DEA Museum Foundation are now actively
accepting donations to make the exhibit
possible. If you would like more
information on SAVE A STAR Drug Awareness
Foundation or would like to contribute,
please go to
www.SAVEASTAR.org.
The SAVE A STAR Drug Awareness Foundation is
a registered 501(c)(3), public charity.
Your charitable donation to SAVE A STAR Drug
Awareness Foundation is tax deductible to
the extent permitted by law.
The SAVE A STAR Drug
Awareness Foundation is located at 210
Skokie Valley Road, Suite 12, Highland Park,
Illinois. For more information, please visit
www.SAVEASTAR.org.
Phone: 847-579-1300. FAX: 847-512-0900
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