Dare to Keep Kids off D.A.R.E.

January 9th 2012 - Posted In: Infographics, Prevention and Enforcement, Research and Studies

You might not be aware of the program Drug Abuse Resistance Education, but you would likely recognize its acronym, D.A.R.E. It’s a program that was established in 1983 with the intentions of educating children k-12 about the dangers of drug use and abuse. It’s still around today and so is data about its ineffectiveness as a deterrent. If you thought D.A.R.E was a great program, think again.

Now that you have seen the facts and figures of how ineffective D.A.R.E. has been over the last 30 years, what do you think they should do to improve their message? If you want to start a discussion on your own blog, feel free to copy the code bellow and post it.

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5 Responses

  1. jenni January 24, 2012

    Legalizing drugs is the most effective way to keep kids off drugs; to stop drug cartels; to stop drug related violence; to stop wasted tax dollars relating to drug control; to stop the arrests of innocent, non-violent, hard-working pot users. It’s a win win situation for everyone, except drug cartels and drug lords. The best way t stop such cartels is to legalize–you will ruin their market and destroy their empire.

  2. Helen January 26, 2012

    I sort of agree with Jenni. It certainly will get rid of the kids just doing it for the thrill of the illegality. Also, taking down all the drug peddlers and cartels will end the violence, which is a much more pressing issue than someone taking drugs. i’m against drugs, personally, but if someone wants to destroy their body, that’s their decision. The REAL issue with drugs is the violence brought on by the illegal use and sale of it. If someone is being threatened or attacked by a drug seller, most cases, they won’t go to the police for help, for the reason they don’t want to get caught. Which continues the violence, because they know people arent going to go to the cops and say “Hey, this drug seller stole my money and ran off with my drugs.” That makes them a criminal as well. Simply by making it legal, you’re ending a LOT more important issues than who’s smoking out there. Besides, if kids really want to go do drugs, theyre going to anyways. Telling them not to is about as effective as handing them the damned things yourself. Kids nowadays dont CARE what authority members say

    • Helen January 26, 2012

      In addition to that, having it legal will allow for government regulations that could keep weed and other drugs from being laced with something much more harmful. The violence will cease, some kids will stop doing it just to be rebels, and the drug users will be much safer.

  3. Mark February 1, 2012

    Jenni got it exactly right, if you make drugs (cannabis specifically) legal, criminal organizations lose billions of dollars a year, which means they don’t have as much money to spend on harder drugs, human trafficking, identity fraud, etc. all those things cost money to do. Also kids who want to rebel don’t have to go to criminal organizations to get their weed, which means they never get exposed to harder drugs through association, and by never getting involved in organized crime they don’t meet the people who they can sell stolen cars to, buy and sell illegal guns from, and a host of other crimes….AND they are less likely to buy drugs from stores because then the clerk at the store knows they are doing it, not being able to hide is a great deterrent. P.S. Marijuana causes relatively little impact to the brain and body compared to alcohol, so the comment above about people destroying their bodies is pretty much complete BS…acceptance of a highly harmful and toxic drug while such a natural and harmless drug remains illegal is completely hypocritical. Furthermore, the industry that can be developed using Hemp for construction, refinement for oil and plastic products, as food, and simply for smoking, would create countless jobs and sales taxes, for the government it is a no-brainer really

  4. kagni February 13, 2012

    In our elementary school DARE held a ceremony at the end of their course where kids spoke about the program. One kid cracked everyone up when he said that “he learned at DARE about drugs that he didn’t even know existed” – that about summed up the program effectiveness.

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