A Brown County Committee Has Voted To Reduce The Prevention Program By Half

[Photo caption - DARE officer Kevin VandenHeuvel talks to students during DARE graduation ceremonies at Kennedy Elementary School last spring (photo by H. Marc Larson).]

Drug Abuse Resistance Education officers are feeding children misinformation and turning them against their parents, according to the director of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.

The Green Bay woman, who asked for personal reasons that her name not be used, said police officers wearing uniforms and guns exaggerate the effects of marijuana use, while not giving enough attention to harder, more dangerous drugs.

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