Re: Get Rid of D.A.R.E.
I was a DARE role model back in high school. The program definitely sucks and doesn't inform so much as indoctrinate. I didn't drink, smoke, or do illegal drugs in high school at all, and I don't regret that decision, but the ridiculous crap spewed by the DARE program certainly did little to scare most kids away from substance use.
I'm just thankful in retrospect that on the day we came in to talk, our comments basically amounted to "Don't take peer pressure seriously. You won't lose friends by deciding not to drink/smoke/use drugs, and you don't need them to have fun." Which are all true. Certainly didn't spew anything about how one drop of alcohol will RUIN YOU!!!1!
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