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                                                               PREFERRED STOCK 

                       SUBSTANCE ABUSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

LU                                                                SHARES 
       
                                                              SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                            CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                                                              CUSIP 864325 20 4

               THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN THE CITIES OF
                        LOS ANGELES, CA OR NEW YORK, NY

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

                                    SPECIMEN

IS THE RECORD HOLDER OF

             FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE CUMULATIVE
                CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE, OF

                       SUBSTANCE ABUSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized
attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate
is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and
Registrar.

     WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures
of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

       [SUBSTANCE ABUSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CORPORATE SEAL/DELAWARE 1957]


    /s/ Robert W. Berency                             /s/ Robert M. Stutman
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           SECRETARY                                          CHAIRMAN

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
  REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY
    CO-TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

BY

  ISSUED IN LOS ANGELES

                 AUTHORIZED OFFICER


COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED
  U.S. STOCK TRANSFER CORPORATION
    TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

BY

             AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

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        The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock of the
Corporation or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such requests shall be made to
the Corporation's Secretary at the principal office of the Corporation.

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as through they were written out in
full according to applicable laws or regulations:

        TEN COM - as tenants in common
        TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
         JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of
                  survivorship and not as tenants
                  in common


UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ________________________ Custodian ____________________
                             (Cust)                           (Minor)

                    under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                    Act_____________________________________________________
                                         (State)

UNIF TRP MIN ACT - _________________________Custodian (until age __________)
                            (Cust)

                   _____________________________ under Uniform Transfers
                           (Minor)

                   to Minors Act _____________________________________
                                              (State)


Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ______________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE 
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______________________________________________________________________________
 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________  shares

of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

_____________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated________________________

                                          X________________________________

                                          X________________________________

                                           NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS
                                           ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE
                                           NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF
                                           THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
                                           WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR
                                           ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature(s) Guaranteed


By____________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO
S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

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