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Newsbrief:
Fort
Worth
Police
Chief
Dares
to
Cut
DARE
6/7/02
Fort Worth, TX, Police Chief
Ralph Mendoza has eliminated funding for Cowtown's Drug Abuse Resistance
and Education (DARE) program. DARE is widely used in elementary school
drug prevention curricula despite repeated studies that have found the
program has little or no impact on future drug use by participants.
Mendoza told the Fort Worth city council on Tuesday that the program had
ended with the school year and would not be reinstated in the fall.
"DARE has not been shown
to reduce narcotics use by youth," Mendoza told the city council.
"The program is too cumbersome and doesn't have enough flexibility."
Mendoza's move came in response
to a yearlong study that offered 266 specific recommendations for streamlining
the police department. In the department's first response to the
$1.2 million study, Chief Mendoza also slashed the police gang-prevention
unit by more than half.
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Issue #240, 6/7/02
Editorial: Time for Action | Feds Move to Seize LA Cannabis Resource Center, Hunger Strike Underway | Medical Marijuana Supporters Turn to Civil Disobedience, Direct Action | Rave Regulation Bill Passes California Assembly on Unanimous Vote, Heads for Senate | Cops Jockey for More Drug War Funds in Wake of FBI Revamp | Hot Topic: Adolescent Drug Treatment Abuse Conference Begins in St. Petersburg Tomorrow | Newsbrief: Wiretaps Up, Drug Investigations Behind Most, Feds Report | Newsbrief: New Mexico Governor Commutes Sentence of Raped Prisoner | Newsbrief: Fort Worth Police Chief Dares to Cut DARE | Newsbrief: Afghan Opium Harvest Estimated at 3,000 Tons | Newsbrief: Buds in Bhutan | Media Scan: Arianna Huffington | Grant Program: Tides Foundation RFPs for Latin America, Prop. 36 Implementation and Overdose Prevention | New DRCNet/StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Out -- Discounted Purchase Available | The Reformer's Calendar
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