Dare to D.A.R.E
“D.A.R.E, which costs approximately $220 million a year (including $1.75 million in taxpayer funding), is by far the most popular anti-drug program in American schools. About 75 percent of school districts use it.”(Sager, pg 1) Most parents and school officials see this “anti-drug” program to be extremely effective and hold it in high praise. However these admirations are all in vain. The dare program has done more to hurt a communities’ youth than to help it.
This program has never been proven to have any effect in stopping the metaphorical “War on drugs”. Instead it encourages rebellious preteens to go against their word and try these drugs. The “No use” approach they address is much overstated. Most people in their lifetimes experiment with drugs. …show more content…
One argument is that this program is the only one out there that can fight the drug problem our country faces. While I don’t think the drug problem can be solely solved by D.A.R.E. I do believe this is a good point. So who do we turn to without D.A.R.E? Parents, parents are the ones who raise their children and teach them right from wrong. Children can look up to their parents for guidance and learn what D.A.R.E was truly meant to be. A program that prevents children from getting addicted to harmful and life threatening substances. Who better to relate to the child and give them advice and encouragement? A child can be told right from wrong, but ultimately, the D.A.R.E program is ineffective at its job, and someone had to dare to say …show more content…
This program drains money from the taxpayers and in return only makes children more interested in narcotics and etc. The D.A.R.E program is expensive and ineffective if not even hurtful to children in our communities. Still want to accept their
“D.A.R.E, which costs approximately $220 million a year (including $1.75 million in taxpayer funding), is by far the most popular anti-drug program in American schools. About 75 percent of school districts use it.”(Sager, pg 1) Most parents and school officials see this “anti-drug” program to be extremely effective and hold it in high praise. However these admirations are all in vain. The dare program has done more to hurt a communities’ youth than to help it.
This program has never been proven to have any effect in stopping the metaphorical “War on drugs”. Instead it encourages rebellious preteens to go against their word and try these drugs. The “No use” approach they address is much overstated. Most people in their lifetimes experiment with drugs. …show more content…
One argument is that this program is the only one out there that can fight the drug problem our country faces. While I don’t think the drug problem can be solely solved by D.A.R.E. I do believe this is a good point. So who do we turn to without D.A.R.E? Parents, parents are the ones who raise their children and teach them right from wrong. Children can look up to their parents for guidance and learn what D.A.R.E was truly meant to be. A program that prevents children from getting addicted to harmful and life threatening substances. Who better to relate to the child and give them advice and encouragement? A child can be told right from wrong, but ultimately, the D.A.R.E program is ineffective at its job, and someone had to dare to say …show more content…
This program drains money from the taxpayers and in return only makes children more interested in narcotics and etc. The D.A.R.E program is expensive and ineffective if not even hurtful to children in our communities. Still want to accept their