Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:46     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
The dare people are always outside the Starbucks on route seven and idylwood. They’re pretty annoying. I hate when businesses allow groups like this to sit right in front of their business and you cant avoid them.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:37     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Anonymous wrote:What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM ?

My DD will be a freshman next year, and they never taught her about JUST SAY NO. Say NO to drugs, SAY NO if a strangers ask you for drugs. say NO if someone gives you free durgs.

I taught her about how dangerous drugs are and I just hope the school system would've done the same, like they did with us.


Free drugs? What planet do you live on.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:34     Subject: Re:What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
DARE was found to increase drug use.

Just say no was laughably ineffective
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:25     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM ?

My DD will be a freshman next year, and they never taught her about JUST SAY NO. Say NO to drugs, SAY NO if a strangers ask you for drugs. say NO if someone gives you free durgs.

I taught her about how dangerous drugs are and I just hope the school system would've done the same, like they did with us.


I grew up in the era of the DARE program. I think the major flaw of that “just say no” messaging is the underlying assumption that drug dealers are out there trying to push drugs on you for free and it’s up to you to “just say no.” People sell drugs for money. No one wants to give away their product for free. Your friends may peer pressure into trying their drugs, but in general strangers are not trying to give kids free drugs like DARE tried to make you think.


So much of it was fear mongering to bolster support for the war on drugs. So ridiculous (and ultimately so sad).
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:25     Subject: Re:What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
The biggest druggies I knew growing up wore DARE T-shirts in an ironic way, thinking they were being funny.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:23     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Anonymous wrote:What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM ?

My DD will be a freshman next year, and they never taught her about JUST SAY NO. Say NO to drugs, SAY NO if a strangers ask you for drugs. say NO if someone gives you free durgs.

I taught her about how dangerous drugs are and I just hope the school system would've done the same, like they did with us.


I grew up in the era of the DARE program. I think the major flaw of that “just say no” messaging is the underlying assumption that drug dealers are out there trying to push drugs on you for free and it’s up to you to “just say no.” People sell drugs for money. No one wants to give away their product for free. Your friends may peer pressure into trying their drugs, but in general strangers are not trying to give kids free drugs like DARE tried to make you think.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:20     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Once my mom got a phone call from somebody fundraising for the program, and she said “all five of my kids have graduated from the DARE program, and all five of them have tried drugs. So when you come up with a program that works, I will be happy to donate.”

But schools do talk a lot about fentanyl, and obviously parents need to have those cringey talks with our kids that they hate but are ultimately good for them.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:20     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
I have seen the studies on the ineffectiveness & thought it was gone & just about a month ago was at my college reunion in Claremont CA & there was a DARE table in town!
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:18     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
OP if someone gives your kids free drugs have them find me and I’ll take care of it.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:03     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Anonymous wrote:Someone eventually did a proper evaluation of DARE and found that it was ineffective, and potentially even made kids more likely to try drugs.


+1. Many many studies showed it was ineffective.
I always enjoyed the class though. The police dog was very memorable.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:03     Subject: Re:What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
DARE program was determined to be pretty ineffective. Search online and you’ll find studies.

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/why-the-dare-program-failed

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-just-say-no-doesnt-work/
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:03     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Anonymous wrote:Someone eventually did a proper evaluation of DARE and found that it was ineffective, and potentially even made kids more likely to try drugs.


This. When studied, it was definitely ineffective and possibly counter productive. And expensive. So we stopped wasting money.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 17:00     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
Someone eventually did a proper evaluation of DARE and found that it was ineffective, and potentially even made kids more likely to try drugs.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 16:57     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
I'm not kidding when I say this. In middle school we had some in-jail guy present to use from one of those two programs. He killed himself in prison two weeks later. So, totally effective program.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 16:54     Subject: What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM
What happen to JUST SAY NO and the DARE PROGRAM ?

My DD will be a freshman next year, and they never taught her about JUST SAY NO. Say NO to drugs, SAY NO if a strangers ask you for drugs. say NO if someone gives you free durgs.

I taught her about how dangerous drugs are and I just hope the school system would've done the same, like they did with us.