Why D.A.R.E. Programs Don't Work

  Students who had D.A.R.E. were more likely to have tried marijuana  than students who did not have D.A.R.E.

http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990827dare3.asp

The DARE program is doing nothing to prevent children from doing drugs***I think that DARE especially and any program which simply tries to control people with fear is not only a waste of time, but also dangerous. Because you will not stay afraid forever. And when you find out you've been lied to, it makes you bitter and angry.

http://www.drcnet.org/DARE/email.html

DARE has used tactics ranging from bullying jounalists to manipulating the facts to mounting campaigns in order to intimidate government officials and stop news organizations, jamming television transmissions and spray-painting reporter's homes to quiet critics.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/media/txtglass030397.html

To make sense of the various studies, the Justice Department hired the Research Triangle Institute of Durham, N.C., to conduct a statistical analysis of D.A.R.E. research...D.A.R.E. didn't do as well as other programs, including local classes taught by teachers and students...D.A.R.E. America has launched a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign against the final RTI report...

http://www.druglibrary.org/think/~jnr/dareart.htm


Articles About the D.A.R.E Program
Another Look at Police in Our Schools

http://www.drugsense.org/tfy/dare.htm

Why D.A.R.E. does not work

http://www.fcda.org/dare.html

GAO Report on D.A.R.E.

http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?rptno=GAO-03-172R&accno=A05881