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Anonymous wrote:The biggest druggies I knew growing up wore DARE T-shirts in an ironic way, thinking they were being funny.

Yup. They were proud graduates of the DARE program.

Smoke weed!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

For me, and yes I know I'm just one person, the DARE program and sex ed worked on me like a charm. And I'm glad they did. I grew up in Arlington in the 80s and 90s.

Congratulations. You are a rare, rare unicorn. Both approaches are well-documented failures.

Anonymous wrote:I was very scared of drugs thanks to DARE and the storyline in 90210 when Kelly is instantly addicted to cocaine!

My favorite "very special episode" about drugs was the Punky Brewster one. But I also remember that the drugs they showed looked like Good 'n Plenty, and now I think of drugs whenever I see the candy. I think it ends with Punky going on a DARE march.

I was very scared of drugs thanks to DARE and the storyline in 90210 when Kelly is instantly addicted to cocaine!

Part of why DARE was so bad is it basically equated all drugs. They made it seem like drinking and doing meth were basically equivalent.

DARE is still going strong in LCPS. Not saying it's effective; just that it still exists.

Anonymous wrote:The biggest druggies I knew growing up wore DARE T-shirts in an ironic way, thinking they were being funny.

Yup. They were proud graduates of the DARE program.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

For me, and yes I know I'm just one person, the DARE program and sex ed worked on me like a charm. And I'm glad they did. I grew up in Arlington in the 80s and 90s.

Anonymous wrote: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.

When rigorously studied, hardly any social or behavioral program makes much of a difference.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

I’m an 80s kid and I knew a LOT more about multiple specific drugs and how to get them after years of DARE. It was like a bizarrely ove detailed instruction manual and a total failure. Brought to you by the same minds responsible for “kids won’t have sex if we just teach abstinence!”

Anonymous wrote: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.

Someone posted a link to studies already

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.

When one of my kids was in sixth grade Arsenio Hall came to their school to promote DARE which he was involved in. It was pretty exciting!

That particular kid was getting high with friends within a few years after that.

I had no idea DARE was a thing in rich areas. I grew up in the Rust Belt and our DARE program was basically police officers visiting our middle school and telling us how they would seize our cars or grandma's house if we used drugs. It was basically predicting we would all be part of the war on drugs and setting our expectations.