When kids get into fifth grade a D.A.R.E officer comes to teach the fifth graders about how bad drugs are to your health and how much they can ruin your life. D.A.R.E is a program for fifth graders that teaches them not to use addictive substances because of how it can ruin your life. Once a week, on Mondays, at the end of the school day our classroom has D.A.R.E. Every city that has the D.A.R.E program for their schools has their own D.A.R.E officer. In Kennewick we have officer Mike Myer. D.A.R.E is a program that uses the authority of the police to teach the consequences of using addictive substances like drugs, alcohol, smoking, and explains how the social factors affect people on making wrong choices. Kids take examples from the …show more content…
Strength in numbers, is one more way to avoid getting into addictive substances, if you’re with your friends and someone comes up to you and asks you if you want some drugs, answer no with all your friends, not one by one. One more way to avoid drugs is by standing up and looking straight in the eye of the person who selling drugs, and when they confront you speak clearly. At least ones in your life you will get asked if you want some drugs and we kids need to be ready for it when the time comes. All the kids that went to D.A.R.E will need to know how to use the stuff they learned wisely. If someone asks me if I want drugs I am going to remember all the stuff I learned to say no to the question the person asks. One other way I am going to use the stuff I learned to tell others about it so they would know how to say no to the question they get asked. To get farther in life and reach my goals I will need to use the stuff I learned. Any one that has went to D.A.R.E will need to remember the stuff they learned to use it later in life. I think D.A.R.E was fun because we could ask questions, and even say comments sometimes during the lesson. One of the things why D.A.R.E was fun is because we got to learn stuff we never learned on a normal school day. It was also fun because we could ask questions during the lesson, not right it down the question we have and then only at the end of the lesson ask questions. I don’t like when we just get worksheet after
D.A.R.E programs are intended to help deter school aged children from using and abusing drugs. When D.A.R.E programs are introduced to schools several steps are involved. The first step is finding
Have you ever had a family member or friend that have had problems with alcohol,tobacco products,or even bullying? Well in D.A.R.E. (which stands for Drug,Abuse,Resistance,Education, or Define,Assess,Respond,Evaluate),we learned how to handle all of these problems with the DDMM (D.A.R.E. Decision Making Model).
The purpose of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program was to provide an educational teaching tool that would encourage and provide resources to combat drug use, peer pressure and hopefully prevent early entry in the juvenile justice system. Furthermore, these refusal tactics were aiming to help kids say no to drugs. Also, another purpose of this program was to improve kids social skills and enhance their self-esteem in hopes that it would deter unhealthy behavior and actions.
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program known as D.A.R.E has become a very widespread and popular program throughout the United States. The program appeals to all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic lines, which is a large part of the reason why the DARE program has grown exponentially. The program’s basic premise was meant to introduce kids to the danger of drugs, before the drugs got to them. The implementation of the DARE program appeared to be what America needed to begin to put a dent in the war on drugs.
Did you know that more teens die from prescription drugs than any other drug such as heroin, cocaine, or marijuana combine ? Because they're not educated enough with the D.A.R.E program. Recognizing the alarming increases in the abuse of prescription drugs and Over-the-Counter medicines, D.A.R.E. convened a meeting with national experts to create specialized lessons to educate students and their parents about the risks and consequences abusing prescription and OTC medicines. The D.A.R.E program (drug awareness resistance education) was founded in 1983. The program is led by police officers that teach kids in grades k-12 lessons on how drugs can affect them, physically, socially, and consequently and how to develop decision making skills
Do you know what D.A.R.E stands for? Do you know that drugs and alcohol are bad for your whole body? Well in D.A.R.E the officers teach 6th graders just that before we make a bad choice.
The D.A.R.E. program was founded in 1983 by Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District, and it stands for “Drug Abuse Resistance Education.” As of today, it is a K-12 education program that teaches students about drug prevention, violence, gang membership, bullying, and internet safety in the United States as well as 52 other countries. As an international nonprofit organization, it is also one of the most prevalent drug abuse prevention programs in the United States and allegedly the world. Curriculum consists of elements such as resistance, self-esteem and skills training, and workbooks. All of the D.A.R.E. classes and curriculum are taught by trained police officers.
Today in our modern society, many people believe that teen’s develop a mindset of having a clean system and to stay drug free. However, people are not able to foresee that the drug use in America has rising up tremendously. Studies have shown that drugs can not only have impact on your life, but also have impact on those who surround you and also can led to the absence of adolescence. It leads to bad habits and only brings evil deeds. The possession of drugs and the conspiracy sell is illegal in the Unites States. If arrest and put on trial due to drugs can mean serious jail time. According to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, people are considered to have a substance use disorder. (Live Science) The Live Science states “... people have strong urges to use a substance or can't control their use of it, or if their use impairs them in social situations or leads to risky behavior.” Members of society have needs when a drug is being in place into there normal day routine. The report also states that an estimated 27.1 million people in the U.S. used an illegal drug in the past month. (Live Science) The mass-production, sale and possession of illegal drugs should be banned in the United States.
D.A.R.E., the acronym for Drug Abuse Resistance Education is a program that educates young children in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools intended for students in Kindergarten through to the 12th grade to prevent and decline drug and alcohol abuse, peer pressure, violence and many other potential future dangers for children. The program consists of lessons and activities that involve more participation, active learning, supplemental take home activities, and optimal lessons. D.A.R.E. started in 1983 in Los Angeles, because drug and alcohol abuse was overwhelming police departments and worrying neighborhoods. By 1989, the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance had
Students are obligated to do so much today; Good grades, especially in AP courses, along with all of the sports, pep band, clubs, and jobs. Although, as children in a first world country, these obligations are available to students instead of dreamed for. Often growing unbreakable bonds within these groups, students grow more within themselves in these groups than they will sitting in any classroom. The integrity of these extra curricular activities is being degraded substantially by the profound use of illicit drug use. To combat this issue, many high schools have implemented a random drug testing policy, a very advantageous program that selects random students who take advantage of the extracurriculars from athletics to driving to partake
Drug Abuse Resistance Education, also affectionately referred to as the D.A.R.E. program. Using a combination of a cuddly lion mascot, a friendly neighborhood police officer, and an overused and stolen tagline, the D.A.R.E. program is taught nationally to middle school and high school children. Despite D.A.R.E. and all of its efforts, opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 1999 in the U.S. Even though the D.A.R.E. provided police officer would beg to differ, the “Just Say No” abstinence approach is just not effective. On the other hand drugs and alcohol abuse are things that people need to be made aware of and at their own pace need to be taught the necessary skills to avoid those situations.
The DARE program, while a wonderful effort, has been shown to be mostly ineffective by a 1994 study by Rosenbaum et al. The Rosenbaum team conducted a randomized experiment across a broad base of 1,584 students. DARE was shown to only be effective in conjunction with other factors such as TLE programs (Rosenbaum). The third proposal of increasing the effectiveness and frequency of citizen patrols was a tempting option for the task force to choose, however it too has a few major considerations that must be kept in mind. The citizen patrols are a wonderful short-term option, but the risk/reward ratio is much slimmer. Citizen patrols are a highly visible component of the war against drugs, but that also puts them in a highly vulnerable position. The task force has decided that going for the long-term option of the TLE programs is best for both the safety of the community and the overall future well-being of the whole
In the 1970s, drug abuse was considered by many as a law enforcement problem that required criminal-justice strategies to fight. The inclusion of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) into the legal system equally boosted efforts to save the society from the dangers of drug
Drug addiction is a complex problem in society today. Addiction is a condition that extremely affects the person’s mind and body. Addiction also has wide sweeping effects on that person’s social connection and functioning. Unfortunately, many addicts don’t realize the social influence of their addiction until much of their functioning has greatly deteriorated.
D.A.R.E. was a perfect example so I know how to not do drugs, make good choices, and be careful in the future.