Pubdate: Thu, 14 Sep 2000
Source: Washington Times (DC)
Copyright: 2000 News World Communications, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.washtimes.com/
Author: Clifford A. Schaffer, Director, DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1354/a03.html
Note: Originally appeared with LTE under headline: Setting Straight 
Misinformation About DARE

DARE DOESN'T REDUCE DRUG USE

It is quite appropriate that Bobby Charles brings up DARE and apple pie in 
the same breath: Both are quite popular, and both are ineffective in 
reducing drug abuse.

I have been asking DARE supporters for the past several years to send me 
the full text of any study that supports the idea that DARE has reduced 
drug use. Though I have managed to collect quite a body of research on 
DARE, I have yet to see any such evidence. If Mr. Charles has the research, 
I would like to see it. The future of our children is important, so it is 
time to get rational and stop believing that large doses of apple pie will 
prevent drug abuse.

Clifford A. Schaffer, Director, DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy, 
Canyon Country, Calif., www.druglibrary.org
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