Schools Have Been Forced to Axe the DARE Drugs Education Programme - After a Cash Crisis at the Charity Which Organises It. Drugs Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) was pioneered in the UK in Notts and currently educates 13,000 youngsters in the county. But the DARE charity is UKP 50,000 short of the funding it needs to administer the programme - and has been forced to start charging UKP 10 per pupil. About 30 city and county primaries say they cannot afford the charge and will ditch the programme at the end of this school year. [continues 241 words]
Primary schools have been forced to drop a drugs programme after the charity behind it began charging them UKP 10 per pupil. There are now concerns over the effect on the children missing out. Drugs ruin lives. Crime, addiction or a possible overdose are just some of the tragic consequences of taking them. That is why education is vital. Teaching children at an early age about the dangers can be the difference between them refusing to take them or becoming an addict in later life. [continues 2032 words]
