The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program has seen better days. Studies have shown DARE to be ineffective and costly. Officer Grady Jones of the Auburn Police Department has been a DARE instructor since 1989. He said the local program has been effective.

"Its like any other survey," Jones said. "You can find ones that say it's good, and some that say it's bad."

The only money spent on the local DARE program is on the salaries of the two officers who teach the curriculum. Jones and officer Keith Horn raise money they need through donations and proceeds from DARE T-shirts and pencils.

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