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Illinois
Study
Finds
D.A.R.E.
Graduates
Using
More
Drugs
than
Their
Peers
3/20/98
A University of Illinois study released this week, like virtually every
previous study on the topic, found that the popular D.A.R.E. program, in
which police officers teach 3rd graders about drugs, does not work. Disturbingly,
the study actually found higher rates of drug use among D.A.R.E graduates
than among their peers.
"It hurts me to sit here and tell you that D.A.R.E. does not work,"
said Dr. Dennis Rosenbaum, head of the criminal justice department at the
University of Illinois. "But it's time for us to go back to the drawing
board and figure out how it can be improved or what better ways we can
spend our money on drug education in this country."
For more information on the Illinois study, see <http://www.msnbc.com/NEWS/151731.asp>.
For more general background, visit DRCNet's D.A.R.E. Topics in Depth section
at <http://www.drcnet.org/DARE>.
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Issue #34, 3/20/98
Global Days Against the Drug War -- Demonstrations Planned to Protest U.N. Special Session on Narcotics -- Please Join the Coalition | President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Votes "No Confidence" in Administration -- Demands Immediate Action on Syringe Exchange | Major New Study Calls for Treatment Instead of Prisons | The Makings of a Constitutional Crisis? California City Officials Back Medical Marijuana Outlets vs. Feds | Medical Marijuana Ballot Proposal Filed in Nevada | Heicklen Update: Penn State Professor Still Challenging System | California Cops Teach Parenting Classes -- "Lie to your kids," They Say | Illinois Study Finds D.A.R.E. Graduates Using More Drugs than Their Peers | Federal Agency Finds International Drug War a Total Failure | Medical Marijuana Patient/Activist Meets with Canadian Health Minister | UK Cannabis Campaign -- 2 out of 3 New MP's Favor Royal Commission Review of Drug Laws | American Choice for President of Colombia Quits Campaign | Malaysia to Drug Test Students | Editorial: A Call Goes Up for Public Health, but Our Government is at War
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