D.A.R.E.

As a child i was introduced to Drug Abuse Resistance Education, aka D.A.R.E. This is a program that is introduced in schools to put awareness into the eyes of children of drugs and the results of abusing them. Dare has helped million of kids choice alternate paths to drug use. But some people feel that this program does not help children at all and may even promote drug use because they are introducing abusive substances that their parents may not want their child to be introduced too. Some of the benefits of Dare have been, better connections with the local police officers. Because of Dare kids can now develop personal relationships with officers who can lead children into making the right decisions. Also most Dare programs our started around a safe age of eleven where children are just starting to mature and see the world for what it really is. Some of the negatives that Dare has our, that the program does not provide you with answers to what could be real life situations. Also some police officers may not have proper teaching methods to apply with children. In urban communities some police officers are not as respected as others and it may be harder for them to get the message across. I personally feel that although Dare may not connect with every child the message of not doing drugs definitely gets across, and since it does make children aware of the effects of drugs i feel that Dare is an efficient program. Do you feel that Dare is delivering a safe and good message to children, our do you feel, most children just ignore this message. When talking about the Department of health and human services, this relates to our class and this topic.

This image is the most commonly associated with the D.A.R.E. program.

This picture shows how applying the D.A.R.E. system can promote healthy relationships with police officers.



This video shows a commercial using scare tactics to help kids avoid drugs.

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