D.A.R.E.

Approximately 200 million students have been taught worldwide from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E. for short. There are many pros to the D.A.R.E. program. They help prevent kids from abusing drugs, improves decision making and attitude towards drug use, is certified as an "evidence-based substance abuse prevention program.”
However, a con to the D.A.R.E. program is that it makes kids curious. It tell kids about all the side effects, and what happens to you when you try them. When the officer tells the kids about what happens when people smoke this they hallucinate, and see weird things, it captures the curiosity of the little kids. Telling kids that they will hallucinate and see things makes them curious, and makes them want to experience it atleast once, and sometimes thats all it takes for them to get hooked on it.
The D.A.R.E. program helps prevent kids from abusing drugs and alcohol, and helps kids quit abusing drugs and alcohol. According to the studies of D.A.R.E. by the Research Triangle Institute, 40% of people who reported abusing alcohol at the beginning of the program reported reduction in alcohol consumption at the end. Thirty two percent of people reported giving up alcohol entirely after going through the D.A.R.E. program, and according to the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), participants in the D.A.R.E. program report lower alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use than students who did not receive the program. So these researches proved that the D.A.R.E. program is a successful program at helping people quit, and not abuse drugs to begin with.
Not only does D.A.R.E. help kids not do drugs or alcohol at a young age it also improves their attitude and de...

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...R.E. program may make kids curious of drugs and their side effects, but their are many upsides to D.A.R.E. The D.A.R.E. program is a certified "evidence-based substance abuse prevention program” that helps improve a kids decision making and attitude towards drug use, and helps kids prevent kids from using or abusing alcohol.

Works Cited

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "Keepin' It Real," nrepp.samhsa.gov (accessed Sep. 17, 2013)
Christopher L. Ringwalt et. al, "Past and Future Directions of the D.A.R.E. Program: An Evaluation Review," ncjrs.gov, Dec. 20, 1994
"National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices," Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) website (accessed Feb. 2, 2010) ubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "Keepin' It Real," nrepp.samhsa.gov (accessed Sep. 17, 2013)