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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is the DARE program ineffective? I have a 5 year old and 7 year old so I have very little experience with these issues.[/quote]

They are ineffective, like abstinence programs, because they tell kids to say no to all the stuff they will all experiment with at some point. [/quote]

Thank goodness this is not close to true. Not nearly every kid experiments with drugs (maybe, if you include alcohol it’s a majority, but even with that my DH, myself, & all my siblings never drank as teenagers). Unlike with sex, there is not natural urge to use illegal drugs. [/quote]

I think kids are more likely to not experiment if you give them factual education on the negatives of using drugs. The DARE program was fear based and essentially a lie. DARE portrays drug dealers as these raving lunatics offering drugs for free and they are instantly addictive. Then you are at a party with friends who end up smoking a joint while maintaining honors in school and all that DARE education is out the window.[/quote]

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