The Importance Of Drug Abuse Resistance Education

Children, starting as early as elementary school, are being educated on substance abuse. As of 2013, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, D.A.R.E., administers a school-based substance abuse, gang, and violence prevention program in 75 percent of the United States school districts. Since 1983, 70,000 police officers have taught the D.A.R.E. program to approximately 114 million elementary through high school students in the United States alone ("Is the D.A.R.E. Program Good for America's Kids K-12?"). This program is aimed at preventing drug use in elementary, middle, and high school students. A needle-exchange program implicitly encourages the exact opposite message, condoning immoral and illicit behavior. Governments should focus on discouraging drug use, providing more productive treatment for recovery, and punishing drug users instead of supplying the materials to continue their addiction. Young children have the potential to take more risks and must receive a clear message on drugs, which should coincide with the no tolerance policy they are being taught in school with implementation of the D.A.R.E. program. A needle-exchange program is more of a hopeful harm reduction campaign that sends the wrong message to young children and society as a whole. If there is to be a positive change in America regarding intravenous drug use, then the government and school programs all need to be on the same page; we

DARE. Drug Abuse Resistance Education. What is it? DARE is a class that teaches students, like me, how to resist and handle different situations. I took this class this year and found it very helpful. We have all been working really hard in these five months in which we have found to have come to an end. This amazing journey we have come along on was fun, and hard. Deputy Kennedy was a really fun teacher in DARE. He made fun jokes and did some funny things. The 3 key things I learned in DARE the harms of drugs and alcohol, good communication skills, and handling stress.

These are things that I learned in DARE. The Introduction, DARE is Define, Assess, Respond, and Evaluate. First, drug abuse, what is drug abuse? When friends or strangers offer you drugs, which is bad. The only drugs are good are or is medicine your doctor gives you when you have strep throat which is amoxicillin. When strangers or friends offer you drugs you should say: no. Which is the option you do choose, but if they have something wrong with them and start attacking you or beat you up, then feel free to kick then in the shin or punch them and run if it’s after school but with the stranger, run away even if you are an adult still do.

What is D.A.R.E. class? DARE is a class we have been in for the last couple weeks. It is taught by Deputy Morris. DARE stands for drug abuse resistance education. A DDMM is a DARE decision making model. The DDMM says to define, assess, respond, evaluate. Those are the main parts of DARE.

Many think the program D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) which was created in order to have a long term effect for drug abuse prevention actually works. But does it actually help prevent kids from using drugs? Solid evidence shows that the program doesn’t work.

According to the Heroin Epidemic in Northern Ohio, the best way to lessen the chances of heroin and cocaine abuse is prevention (Heroin Epidemic 2015). By incorporating and highlighting the dangers and warning signs within the school systems it could prevent teenagers and young adults from trying it. Many schools have the D.A.R.E programs offered at schools. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) is a program that provides children with the proper skills when it comes to drugs and violence. The law enforcement also works within the community. They interact more just to show others with a different mindset that they are here to protect and serve the community.

Programs that talk about drug and alcohol prevent such as D.A.R.E is funded by this committee. This committee is also responsible for the educational needed of students in the juvenile justice

Thesis Statement: After thorough research of the D.A.R.E program, it is thought to be that after 32 years this program is ineffective for the students taking the course. History; Florida DARE Florida DARE is 25 years old but may not be worth the funds. Drug abuse violations Drug abuse violations among youth is from 73,446 in 1985 to 121,951 in 1999 (source 9).

Based on David’s substance use problem, there are two learning issues that I would like to mainly focus

Hi! My name is Isabella Hinojosa and I am in D.A.R.E. class. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and Define Assess Respond Evaluate. First, I will tell you about alcohol Some examples of alcohol is beer,wine,and liquor.

Evidence Based Programs. Most evidence based substance abuse prevention education programs are sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration known as SAMHSA. According to Skager (2007), SAMSHA has developed over 158 programs which are qualified and registered into the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). Although evidence based approaches have been predicted to have more promising effects on drug prevention than other approach types, little evaluation and research has been conducted to fully assess outcomes (Skager, 2007).

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.

Baker (2011), found that the cognitive-behavioral substance prevention approach is effective and focusses on teaching of social resistance skills within the larger context of an intervention designed to enhance general social and personal competence. This prevention strategy when implemented with additional booster sessions can result into reduction of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use. This prevention strategy is effective for both males and females. This prevention program can also result in causing a significant impact on several hypothesized mediating variables.

School –based drug use- prevention programs such as DARE, Project Alert, and Life Skills Training program have been designed to keep kids from illiciting drugs. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is an educational program usually delivered by a police officer. The 17 week program components are learning refusal skills, teen leaders, making a public commitment not to use illicit drugs. Also, affective education components include: self-esteem building, alternatives to drug use and decision making. Research on the effectiveness of

Choices. We all make choices whether we like it or not. “What cereal should I have in the morning?” “What do I wear?” But some of these choices are more important than others, like “Who should I hang out with?” or “Should I go to that party?” These are some of the millions of choices we make each week, and where these choices will take us will decide how we live our lives. Being in DARE has helped me realize what choices I should make when I encounter drugs. DARE has shown me that the consequences outway the benefits or the “highs.” Thanks to DARE, I know that anyone can live without the high if they just say no.