how successful is dare at preventing drug use?

Rosenbaum summarized D.A.R.E. research. By titling his 2007 Criminology and Public Policy article “Just say no to D.A.R.E.” As Rosenbaum describes, the programme receives over $200 million in annual funding, despite little or no research evidence that D.A.R.E. Achieved a reduction in teenage drug and alcohol abuse. As Rosenbaum (2007: 815) concludes “In light of consistent evidence of ineffectiveness from multiple studies with high validity, public funding of the core D.A.R.E. Program should be terminated or reduced in size. These monies should be used to fund drug prevention programs that, based on rigorous evaluations, are shown to be effective in preventing drug use.” (thanks a ton to Thurman Saavedra from Puning, China for their insights). [2]

Marquise Marcus landmarkrecovery.comThis explains what dARE means: Drug Abuse Resistance Education. The programme was created by Daryl Gates, chief of Los Angeles Police Department and LA Unified School District School as an outreach strategy during the War on Drugs. Police officers visit classrooms in kindergarten to 12th grade with the goal of teaching children how to resist drug abuse and violent gang culture. DARE states that 75% of schools have the programme and 43 countries have it. The DARE website claims the programme is a resounding success as it “led to rapid growth and expansion.” However, despite DARE’s bold claims, research has shown that the programme has failed spectacularly. The effectiveness of both the program and the War On Drugs as a whole is still controversial. Last revised by Kenyana Shafer, Puducherry (India) 9 weeks ago [3]

The National Institutes of Health/University of Kentucky study found DARE ineffective, the organisation’s leader called it “bogus,” 10 an “academic fraud,” 11 and claimed that it was “part of an anti-DARE vendetta by therapists.” 12 He called the findings “voodoo science,” and claimed that critics of DARE are biased because they have financial interests in DARE-related prevention programs. I believe that they intend to use science to undermine our programs. It is clear that the police don’t want to have officers do this work. They want it done for them. 13 (emended in Atlanta, United States by William Reed on January 11, 2021). [4]

Scientificamerican.com The author continues to explain that substance abuse prevention programs are often used to educate students about the dangers of using drugs, help them to manage peer pressure and teach social skills that will allow them to say no to drug experimentation. So policy-makers, teachers, and parents assume that all these approaches work. However, it is clear that the approaches that involve social interaction work The ones that focus on education are better than those emphasizing prevention. That finding may explain why the most popular prevention programme has been found to be ineffective—and may even heighten the use of some substances among teens. Last modified by Aparna Guthrie, Nanyang Henan (China) 99 days ago [5]