Pubdate: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 Source: Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH) Copyright: 2003 Times Recorder Contact: http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/customerservice/contactus.html Website: http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2740 Author: Stan White STUDIES SHOW D.A.R.E. PROGRAM IS A FAILURE If DARE has been taught to 300 kids and it only helps one child, then it is a monumental failure, like the present case, when youthful drug use is as big as ever. We should not be teaching our children that this is acceptable math. With those odds, Vegas would be a ghost town. Nancy Phillis fails to mention that studies done on DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), including government studies, show the program is a failure. Money used for DARE should be applied toward programs that work. Biblically, medically and recreationally, many citizens use cannabis (marijuana) responsibly and are tired of various forms of government discrimination and deceit directed toward them. DARE is part of that discrimination, and is one of the reasons why it will continue to fail. North American citizens are united in ending the practice of caging humans for using cannabis, the United States federal government and DARE, is not. STAN WHITE Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: SHeath(DPFFlorida)