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Return to D.A.R.E.: Armed with Scientific Credibility, the New D.A.R.E. Program Makes a Comeback

NCJ Number
225543
Journal
Law Enforcement Technology Volume: 35 Issue: 10 Dated: October 2008 Pages: 22,24,28
Author(s)
Michelle Perin
Date Published
October 2008
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This paper describes the reengineered National Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program.
Abstract
Since its inception in 1983, the curriculum of the National Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program has been revised. The revised program is currently being taught to all D.A.R.E. officers. The new D.A.R.E. is designed to keep students away from high risk behaviors. It focuses on teaching life skills and resistance to drug use. New components of D.A.R.E. include: new leadership, increased research activities to maintain program effectiveness, science-based curricular components, training model and instructional methodology, funding opportunities for local D.A.R.E. programs, adjustment to the scientifically recognized high-risk group of seventh and ninth-graders, enhanced protective factors, 10 lessons, menu of enhancement lessons, lessons are interactive versus lecture, and focus is on applying D.A.R.E. decisionmaking model to real life situations.