Talk:Drug Abuse Resistance Education

Double Attribution of Quote
Trying to wrap my head around why the "Evaluators sometimes wish for a Fairy Godmother... achieve similar aims" blurb is attributed both to the 1992 Indiana study and the 2008 Harvard study, the later a verbatim copy of the former. Busy studying now, but I'll try to dig into it this weekend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcloiacon (talk • contribs) 02:22, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure why it appears in both places, but I know it appears in the first place incorrectly. The quoted passage is the abstract (verbatim) for Weiss et al., 2008 in the March (or Volume 1) issue of the American Journal of Evaluation. I just deleted the quote from the first place, noting in my comment essentially what I'm saying here, and someone reverted my changes within minutes, so that the incorrectly attributed quote is back in place.Griffitj (talk) 22:27, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

What they teach?
Is there any more specific information on the actual content they teach regarding the hazards of drugs? From what I understand, that was the main criticism from many in the healthcare community, that they were intentionally giving inaccurate information or exaggerating the health risk, and when students discovered this later, they would be less trusting of official health warnings over drugs. When DARE came to my school they told us smoking marijuana would cause men to grow breasts, go bald, and it cause women to grow facial hair, among other completely baseless claims. Can someone get some information regarding the accuracy of their claims as to the health risks? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.238.87.192 (talk) 12:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Information of DARE inaccurate?
My recent independent research shows that many of the statements and claims about drugs made by the DARE program have been proven to be myths or exaggerations. Unfortunately most of this research is based on individual DARE classes rather than an overview of ALL classes. If would be very nice if anyone could elaborate of this fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.121.84.218 (talk) 05:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

More recent criticism research?
Do we have an evaluation of the effectiveness of the new curriculum? The New York times article referenced states that DARE is going to develop a new curriculum, targeting older children. What are the results of that change? What about the studies of the new system? Dare.org seems to show that the program is in full swing, and they claim that studies have proven its effectiveness. What do critics say?

Move criticism of Original Program into Main Text
Now that DARE has accepted the ineffectiveness of its original program, it seems that we can move that information into the main text, together with a comment that DARE has developed a new program. Seems like since DARE accepted it (finally) it's now Neutral.

Fond memories
Ah, back in the days. . . I remember going through D.A.R.E. several times during elementary school. We kids thought it was the funniest name for a class: all you have to do is expand the acronym as "Drug Abuse [and] Resistance [to] Education"! Many years later, my college buddies and I shared memories of our D.A.R.E. experiences. One young woman, studying to be a mathematician, said that the program had been very counterproductive for her. She had not thought at all about drugs before experiencing D.A.R.E., but she left rubbing her chin and thinking, "LSD, you say?" Anville 09:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

D.A.R.E. Turned Me On
There were only three things I (and, I think, everyone in my class) took away from the D.A.R.E. Program:
 * 1. D.A.R.E. told us not to do it. In high school, they told us to stop doing it...
 * 2. Second of all, the officers gave us a tour of their entire (confiscated) stash, the street names for all the shit, and where they (and we) could get all of 'em...
 * 3. They tried to brainwash us with all the cancerous lungs and death statistics (which were collectively depressing enough to drive a man to drink; which it did...); and we fooled around with the drunkgoggles was fun...

Oops, I lied; there was one more thing:


 * 4. They also gave us each an entire order supply's worth of merchandise--D.A.R.E. tshirts, coffee mugs, tote bags, full stationary sets, stickers, and gift certificates...

Basically, the program's totally defunct and a joke beyond belief. Like I said at the beginning, they're turning more kids on to the stuff than off... —Preceding unsigned comment added by WAS (talk • contribs)
 * Yeah. DARE is very stupid. I'm in school now and all I am actually learning about drugs is how they are made, where we can find them and how to use them. Drug abuse resistance education. Sheesh.Irish rover 01:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality
I highly question the neutrality of this section. For example: "Many have speculated that police strongly support the program not because it is effective, but rather that police enjoy the interruption of the monotony of other police work." This is evidently a case of original research (see WP:NOR). Where have parents said that there are skits in which kids pretend to be high? Try to find citations for these things. And also, let's make this talk page about improving the article, and not relating about how DARE got you into buying acid. Bibliomaniac15 18:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll work on trying to deal with this problem.In the meantime, why don't you add some favorable material to the page.ThanxJames Halliday 19:05, 7 July 2006 (UTC) — James Halliday (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

This needs NPOV and a criticism section. 72.224.4.157 03:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree that there are far too many weasel words and such in the article, so I added an NPOV tag to the article. I wrote a DARE research paper back in my freshman year, and I'll see if I can dig it up. --Nick2253 23:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I am with you on the NPOV. I tried to shore up some of it, but it seems that the prevailing POV is that DARE is bad. There certainly is plenty of criticism. I added the section about funding to tell why it is under attack. I had changed lots of "children" to "students" and made other revisions as the article at that time seemed to describe A Clockwork Orange and 1984. My guess is that there are a large number of Wikipedia editors that do not like the authoritarianism aspect of the program and need a kinder, gentler approach. Also, as students get older there is a certain amount of cynicism and a feeling of indestructibility. So perhaps the program is no longer effective for teens, they have already made their choices. Certainly there are a large number of parents in our school district who are blissfully unaware that their kids are bogarting their stash or committing crimes to buy meth. Group29 15:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

The following sentence in the criticism section is problematic for two reasons: "Even though minutes after learning of these poisons, they are told something bad about the drug." For one thing, it is grammatically incorrect as a stand-alone sentence. For another, the writer presupposes that all drugs are posisons. That seems POV--there are many people who would disagree with the argument that alcohol and marijuana are poisons. The sentence could be modified to something like: "Some critics argue that students are more aware of drugs than they were when they entered the DARE program, although officers involved endeavor to stress the dangers of the drugs to students." Any thoughts?

Date is Wrong
The article says that the DARE Program was founded by LAPD Chief Gates in 1994. Gates was no longer Chief in 1994. The DARE website mentions 1984 as the founding of DARE in Los Angeles.

Kingpervis 05:52, 15 December 2006 (UTC)kingpervis

I'd also like to add that the citation for the "In 2003, the department of education concluded that dare was ineffective..." part is from 2001, two years before the article could have known what was going to happen... Kami5909 06:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

My source is my personal experience with this bullshit.

I was introduced to the D.A.R.E. program my 7th grade year in school it was not founded in 1984 as they claim it was, it was in 1979. I graduated in 1985. It was a day in science class where the teacher pulled out all of this information about various drugs and talked about the harms and effects to the body they caused. The teacher also lit "artificial marijuana wafers" that gave us the identity of how marijuana smelled when burnt. Then in my 9th grade year 1981-82 our school had its first every "drug bust" in the school. They started the day like any other day until after the homeroom announcements. Then we were told that we were to stay in our homerooms until further notice. They brought in these so called "drug sniffing dogs" into each room and walked them up and down each row of desks. They went through lockers and the cars in the parking lot. The last class of the day was cancelled for a "special assembly" of which consisted of every thing they found during this raid. It was also hosted by David Toma the TV actor as a "guest speaker". They had everything laid out on 6 tables which included bottles of alcohol, various drugs both prescription and not, many knives, a couple of shot guns along with a couple of hand guns. There was also a few things I didn't even know what they were.

They walked us past all of this stuff in the gym and we had to sit by homeroom class in the bleachers. He talked about the harms of the drugs and other things that were on the tables. What we weren't told was that a few of the students that had items in their lockers/vehicles were arrested at the end of the day.

Opinions
It actually works. I went through it in 5th grade, and I've stayed well awayfrom the HARMFUL drugs. Even if you've never thought about drugs before, it WARNS you about the negative effects. I actually am now warned about using harmful substances. Besides, it warns 5th graders about things that may kill them.  Dragonlady :)

Speak for yourself. I went through DARE in 5th grade and I love illegal drugs. SockMonkeh 16:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

You cannot generalize that because it 'worked' for you that it HAS worked in general. Remember what factors play a role in substance abuse? trauma, socio-economic factors, gender, education, etc. When I went thru DARE i left hating all drugs, now that I have a college degree I can positively say that I love them! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.87.14.123 (talk) 07:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

This is NOT the place to debate whether it works or not. This is ONLY for talks about how to edit the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.153.74 (talk) 01:18, 31 May 2017 (UTC)


 * This is an encyclopedic article, your personal experience does not matter in this situation Unrefined Gasoline (talk) 16:19, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Fifth Grade?
The beginning of this article states that DARE is for students only in fifth grade, there are references to high school curriculums later on —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.174.118.196 (talk) 16:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

In high school you voulenteer to teach 5th graders if you graduated DARE back in 6th grade and stayed drug-frree.

"Positive effects" (?)
Does anyone know how long there's been an empty "Positive effects" section? Curious.... Maxisdetermined 02:32, 2 August 2007 (UT)

Well, actually, i don't think there are any positive effects.

There are positives, police get paid to do nothing but propagate false beliefs and scare children. I wish someone would pay me to do either of those.

T-shirt, other unsourced material
Is the claim that the shirt's a "pop culture icon" something requiring a citation? Is that even a verifiable statement in the first place? Much of this article needs sources, such as the new "Positive effects" material. Maxisdetermined 04:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

This is a pop culture reference, usually not needing a source (hence the name 'pop-culture'). It's no secret people wear dare shirts to mock the program. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.87.14.123 (talk) 07:19, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Police officers in the classroom
Still finding that more of the sources in the criticism section are opinion essays with no corroborating references. After reviewing the references, I deleted the section for Police officers in the classroom. It may be a valid concern, if properly referenced, to go in a controversy or concern section not criticism. Group29 16:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note that if classroom volunteers are permitted by the school district, they may not discriminate against a particular person on the basis of occupation. The school district would have to prohibit the program. '"X" do not belong in the "Y"' also becomes an inflammatory statement. Group29 17:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

D.A.R.E. vs Rolling Stone
There are a number of criticisms, citing the libel suit dismissal between Rolling Stone and D.A.R.E.

This is the article abstract:
 * "Federal Judge Virginia A Phillips says she intends to dismiss lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over article it published in March 1998 about antidrug program DARE, for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, that contained fabrications by its author, Stephen Glass; Phillips says there is no evidence that Rolling Stone knew of Glass's fabrications before article was published and that DARE will not be able to prove Rolling Stone acted with malice or reckless disregard for the truth."

A complete copy of the article is needed to support the statement with the cited text. Also a copy of the case summary would be helpful. Many opinion articles reference this particlar article, but no specific citations are included. There are notable criticisms, but the refs do not support the statements.

Also the RTI research was criticized by National Institute of Justice, the research office for the U.S. Department of Justice, not the D.A.R.E. program according to the Reason Magazine ref. Group29 18:00, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I put a merger proposal template on the D.A.R.E. T-shirt article page on the basis of overlap and context. See Help:Merging and moving pages. The T-shirt article is only linked from this article, and is covered. Group29 18:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Positive effects of D.A.R.E. section
The "Positive effects of D.A.R.E." section needs expansion. Thanks.David Justin 04:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Verification of sources
The following example illustrates my understanding of what constitutes verification of sources for facts presented in Wikipedia:
 * A fact: Daryl Gates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that infrequent or casual drug users "ought to be taken out and shot" because "we're in a war" and even casual drug use is "treason."
 * A verification: Ronald J. Ostrow, Casual Drug Users Should Be Shot, Gates Says, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6, 1990, p. A1.
 * An observation: It is not necessary to verify the validity or invalidity of Gates’ assertions by verifying any sources he may have used in coming to his beliefs. Similarly, if Gates had published an opinion piece making those same assertions, it would not be necessary to identify any sources or references upon which he may have relied. In short, we only need to verify his statements, not his basis for them

Thanks.David Justin 16:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Prof. Justin, clearly you have an understanding of how it works. In practice, I do not understand why you are acting to the contrary. please check out the Verifiability section if you have not already. For example in this change you made on 22 September 2007, you mixed in a combination of assertion that can be verified and assertion that needs verification.
 * "D.A.R.E. also attempted unsuccessfully to prevent airing of an episode of the TV series "Murphy Brown," in which she used marijuana for medical purposes on advice of her physician. It was argued that the episode “Sent the wrong message to our children.”" The episode in the final season of Murphy Brown is called "Waiting to inhale" which could be verified on an episode guide, series biography, or perhaps by looking back through old issues of TV Guide. However the assertion that D.A.R.E. unsuccessfully tried to prevent the airing of the episode is not backed by a reliable source. See Reliable sources as to why this is not a valid source. In fact, the text you sourced at hemotopia.org appears to originally be sourced at jackherer.com, which may or may not be appearing with Mr. Herer's permission. I noted a previous example of an argumentum ad populum statement in the talk page. Please see also Neutral_point_of_view. I already have pointed out politely places where the statements are unsupported by the references, and then went back and changed the article to fit the context of the reference. I understand your point of view on this article, which is that the D.A.R.E. program is not effective. As I stated before, the sources and statements can stand on their own merits. You have self-published essay material with this point of view on your web sites. This material is linked from the article. This material brought into the article is going against the policy What_Wikipedia_is_not. Group29 18:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Group29- I see your point regarding the Murphy Brown material and have deleted it. Thanks.David Justin 01:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

References needed
References are needed for "The D.A.R.E. T-Shirt" and "D.A.R.E. police cars" sections. Thanks for any help you can provide.David Justin 18:53, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

References needed tag
A tag calling for additional references or sources for verification was posted on 21 May, at which time there was an average of one reference per 131 words in the article. Today (6 October) there is an average of one reference per 54 words, which is 2.4 times the earlier density of references. I have found only two remaining un-referenced statements in this 4,000-plus word article and have marked them with Fact. Should you find a statement needing a reference, please so mark it.

The article now (7 October) appears to be unusually well-referenced. Therefore, I am removing the tag. Thanks. David Justin 17:04, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Factual inaccuracies
Please help improve this article by identifying any factual inaccuracies - - I have been unable to find any. The only potential inaccuraies might appear to be in the "D.A.R.E. T-shirt" section and I have identified them with Fact. Thanks.David Justin 18:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Prof Hansen, I am sure you are satisfied with your own material. However, there is a pattern of misleading references from you, including a number that are not Reliable sources. Self-published references to your own site are one example. Until the article has been reviewed and better attributable sources have been quoted, the tag should stand. Also until then, the article does not follow Neutral point of view, which in your last update you have conceded. Thanks, Group29 19:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

D.A.R.E
Dare is an important class. Because with out DARE a lot of people would proabaly be on drugs. TWO of my family members used to do drugs now but one went to a place to help not to do drugs and now he has not been doing drugs for a yearc isnt that a mircale. The other one smoke but they wit and havent done it sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.235.162.8 (talk) 12:49, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you daft? You didn't even acknowledge that your family members were helped by DARE or by DARE's "techniques" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.144.197 (talk) 05:54, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The alcohol, caffeine and tea industries rely on people taking drugs. For all you know you have other family members who take legal and illegal drugs, but since they don't abuse them you have no idea they're doing so.  I guarantee that there are people all around you use drugs and you have no idea, because most users are indistinguishable from non-users.

Waste of Time
I "Graduated" D.A.R.E. in 1992 with 98 others. I am the ONLY one that has not done drugs. This has NOTHING to do with D.A.R.E. Waste of time, waste of money, people involved should be ashamed of themselves, as should the disgusting people who pester innocent people outside markets asking for donations to this farcical failure. I think people should focus on WHY children gravitate towards drugs, not simply try the "Drugs are bad" approach; kids are obviously going to rebel against anything they hear in school, especially when they are taught that pot won't kill. Go away DARE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.144.197 (talk) 05:52, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It should be why a minority of those who use them end up abusing them. One important factor as to why they're popular is that they're enjoyable.  The reasons people enjoy them are myriad.  It's like asking why people go rock climbing.

Promote??
"Drug Abuse Resistance Education, better known as D.A.R.E. or DARE, is an international education program that seeks to promote use of illegal drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior." The article's opening sentence is grossly incorrect, as DARE does not promote any of these. Quite the opposite, in fact. Somebody please fix this. --72.229.8.76 (talk) 17:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Typos?
D.A.R.E. rulers, pennants, Daren coloring books Is this supposed to be "D.A.R.E. coloring books"? 4.242.174.151 (talk) 23:39, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That seems logical. Changing. Codes02 (talk) 06:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The original edit was probably referring to "Daren the D.A.R.E. Lion" who appeared in the coloring book(s) as a cartoon lion wearing a DARE t-shirt and no pants. See for instance this website: http://www.wupd.com/kids.htm tolchocker   talk  20:55, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Recommend Merger of the Developments section into the Efficacy section
I attempted to fix the lack of time frame in the Developments section, but it still seems to lack order when compared to the efficacy sec. Codes02 (talk) 06:04, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

This article is VERY biased in favor of DARE
There is practically no mention of how vague and misleading the information DARE gives out is. Just looking at the website you can see it's full of scare tactics(the LSD page espicially). I know that wikipedia can't be perfect this is just too biased. YVNP (talk) 03:19, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Organization
This article does a decent job of presenting material though much more research is required to give it a more comprehensive feel. In addition, the layout is somewhat confusing as there is a section about Children as Informants right between different critical studies and the DARE response to criticism. These section should be successive. IR393 TheSituation (talk) 10:35, 16 Nov 2010 (UTC)

Parody Citation
How would I go about citing something like this? This bumper sticker and this t-shirt are good examples, but I'm not sure how to (or where to look for information to) reference that kind of thing. Any help is much appreciated. SiriusBsns (talk) 02:31, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Assessment
I thought this article gave a good general overview of the DARE program, especially its history and some of the studies done on it. There have obviously been many revisions to the article that have improved it a lot. However, I thought there was a lack of information about the current curriculum of DARE. After the article I still don't have a clear picture of what techniques DARE is currently using in its programs. An expansion of some of the small sections like 'effectiveness' and 'curriculem' would, I think, be beneficial as they don't seem to be comprehensive. There are also several statements not backed up by citations. IR393Sadar (talk) 03:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Article assessment
I thought the article was well written, properly sourced, and maintained a neutral point of view by assessing both the program's criticisms and responses to said criticism. However, I feel that the organization/layout of the article could stand a little revision. The "Response to Criticism" heading should immediately follow the "Studies" (which largely criticizes the program) instead of the few random sections that were put between these two parts. Juxtaposing the two would make more sense, especially to make the article seem a bit more fair and balanced as it would allow both opinions of the program to be considered side-by-side. Also, the Dare in the UK section seems a little awkward. Perhaps it deserves a separate article of its own??? IR393 will (talk) 16:22, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Article Assessment
One of the biggest issues I found with this article was the subsection on Effectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program. The few sentences provided seem to suggest that the D.A.R.E program is either ineffective or having the opposite effect. I think this section should be expanded to include statistics from specific schools and districts as well as statistics for the nation as a whole. It would be hard though to differentiate between causal and correlational variable with a subject matter like this because there are many things that effect overall drug use besides prevention programs. Perhaps a statistical overview of many schools in the same district would be the most useful? IR393harrisonkatz (talk) 20:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you know where such statistics exists? Remember, we are relying on what is already available in WP:Reliable sources so perhaps the sources do not exist. Though looking at this article, I would not be surprised if we are missing something. Sadads (talk) 23:31, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * It would be necessary to compare schools or districts that initially had similar drug use rates and similar values on other independent values of interest--e.g., crime rate in surrounding area, poverty rates, other things--watch them for a number of years after some implement DARE and some do not.--Ck07 (talk) 14:53, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

The information in the article cites a source that provides contrary information
In the beginning of the article, a line reads that D.A.R.E. has proven to be highly effective, citing source #2. Source #2 actually states that "[D.A.R.E.] receives substantial support from parents, teachers, police, and government funding agencies, and its popularity persists despite numerous well-designed evaluations and meta-analyses that consistently show little or no deterrent effects on substance use."

Randomkalo (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Contradictory Information
On the effectiveness section, the opinion of Surgeon General of the United States is misquoted, saying that the source claims that DARE is place under the category of "Works". The source actually places DARE under the category of "Ineffective Primary Prevention Programs" stating that "... children who participate are as likely to use drugs as those who do not participate...". Just a comment, in case anyone might want to look into it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.130.237.204 (talk) 01:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

"Smoke-Free Class of 2000"
Anyone else remember this? I figured it would have its own article on here but it doesn't. Does anyone know if it was connected to DARE? --RThompson82 (talk) 04:37, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

History
"in the last academic year" It is not clear to me to which academic year this refers.Dawright12 (talk) 10:22, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Efficacy study
I noticed the article has a “Studies on effectiveness” section that currently does not include the study RTI International (a non-profit research institute, where I am affiliated) did in 1994. The American Journal of Public Health published the study, which was covered in newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and included in a profile on the issue by the Associated Press.

As I am affiliated with the organizer of the study, I have a potential COI and therefore was wondering if another impartial editor would find it reasonable to add it. CorporateM (Talk) 21:35, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Actually, the section did include the RTI study, but the heading was misleading (it referred to a Department of Justice report on the RTI study). I've changed the heading, but I'd guess that the section could also benefit from further editing and (I didn't check, so I could be wrong) the addition of sources mentioned above. If you think the section merits a rewrite, please post a draft here, and let me know, so I can evaluate that for incorporation into the article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:09, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * . Oh, interesting - I was not aware of the events described in that second paragraph. I actually wrote my initial inquiry in an easily copy/pasteable format (I added proper citation templates in the version below). This would be to replace the first paragraph (the second looks ok to me the way it is, though I haven't checked the sources).

In 1994, three RTI International scientists evaluated eight previously-done quantitative analyses on DARE’s efficacy that were found to meet their requirements for rigor. The researchers found that DARE’s long-term effect couldn’t be determined, because the corresponding studies were “compromised by severe control group attrition or contamination.” However, the study concluded that in the short-term “DARE imparts a large amount of information, but has little or no impact on students’ drug use,” and that many smaller, interactive programs were more effective.


 * I'm a bit confused: What you've suggested looks to me better as a replacement for the first paragraph than for the second. Another issue is that I'm not a big fan of putting all the footnotes for a paragraph at the end of the paragraph; I'd prefer to see them distributed within the paragraph. Finally, if footnote 23 (oddly positioned now, at the beginning of the section) could be incorporated somewhere in the section, properly positioned, that would seem to me to add value - can you suggest a place? -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:56, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * John Broughton. You got it right - as noted the proposed paragraph is intended to replace the first paragraph and not the second, which looks ok and properly sourced the way it is. CorporateM (Talk) 18:56, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * --I don't see a problem with your proposed edit. Just go ahead and do it. (See, no "Just Say No" here.) Drmies (talk) 17:16, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

2008 Harvard Study
It has already been established that this article has a source problem, but I can't seem to find any information regarding a study done in 2008 by Harvard on the effectiveness of the program. Unless someone comes up with something I would move that the section gets removed. --Noahk11 (talk) 20:30, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

COI
In this reverted edit, DARE has paid Annex Communication to add promotional material about themselves from a for-profit editor creating a COI account to edit material to promote their services (WP:SOAP). Reported to UAA, please watch for socks. -- Aronzak (talk) 13:07, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

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The proceeding statement should be reworded for accuracy: D.A.R.E. has failed to fact check some articles on their website, promoting one news piece that was satire, titled "Edible Marijuana Candies Kill 9 in Colorado, 12 at Coachella." Did D.A.R.E. "fail" to fact check "some" articles? There has been no comment, according to the cited article. Therefore we cannot assess accuracy that D.A.R.E. failed at doing this and likewise we cannot determine if they intentionally did this, as there has been no public comment. Furthermore, the word "some" denotes "more than one", however, this statement is only citing a specific example. The statement therefore implies that more actions like this exist but fails to provide any source material suggesting that. Wikipedia is not an opinion and analysis source. However, if a source is provided that suggests something, it would still need to be worded in such a way to tell a reader that the source is suggesting it and not as "factual". Mbman8 (talk) 04:14, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

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Effectiveness studies
There should be a bit at the start of this section summarizing it. Benjamin (talk) 02:22, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Secondary sourcing
The article previously relied almost entirely on material cited to DARE or to programs working with it directly. Given that almost everything cited that way seemed promotional in nature and placed WP:UNDUE weight on relatively minor initiatives, I've WP:TNTed the relevant sections. If people want to re-add a detailed description of DARE's activities and methods, go ahead, but please find some independent sourcing first - citing the vast bulk of the article to DARE's website and programs isn't workable, especially when the second half is much better sourced (and was being overwhelmed by this massive amount of minutiae, giving DARE's self-description undue weight.) I would suggest this source for starters.--Aquillion (talk) 07:57, 29 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Removed content, for reference:

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Students who enter the program sign a pledge not to use drugs or join gangs and are informed by local police officers about the dangers of recreational drug use in an interactive in-school curriculum which lasts ten weeks. D.A.R.E. America's operating revenue has declined from $10 million in 2002 to $3.7 million in 2010 following the publication of government reports that uniformly discredited the effectiveness of the program. D.A.R.E. implemented a new curriculum based on work by Penn State and Arizona State researchers.

Dare instructors of the D.A.R.E. curriculum are local police officers who must undergo 80 hours of special training in areas such as child development, classroom management, teaching techniques, and communication skills. For high school instructors, 40 hours of additional training are prescribed. Police officers are invited by the local school districts to speak and work with students. Police officers are permitted to work in the classroom by the school district and do not need to be licensed teachers. There are programs for different age levels. Working with the classroom teachers, the officers lead students over a number of sessions on workbooks and interactive discussions. The Surgeon General reports that positive effects have been demonstrated regarding attitudes towards the police. The D.A.R.E. program's use of police officers in schools alleviates some children's concerns about situations like school shootings and other threats of violence to children while at school.

In 2007, a new curriculum for prescription drug abuse and over-the-counter drug abuse was created by D.A.R.E. America. Other contributors included: law enforcement officials; PhRMA; Abbott Laboratories; the Consumer Healthcare and Products Association (CHPA); and a number of other organizations, including the ONDCP, the DEA, the FDA, the NIDA, the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT) and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

In 2009, D.A.R.E. adopted their implementation of Penn State University's keepin' it REAL middle school curriculum, an evidence-based curriculum listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). keepin' it REAL is now being implemented in the US and worldwide by D.A.R.E.

Keepin' it REAL has been developed since the late 90s at Arizona State University as well as at Penn State University.

The program's mascot is a lion named Daren. In various cartoons and media productions, his voice is performed by Michael Glover.

Age groups

Starting in 5th, or 6th grade, elementary students are given lessons to act in their own best interest when facing high-risk, low-gain choices and to resist peer pressure and other influences in making their personal choices regarding: Tobacco Smoking, Tobacco advertising, Drug Abuse, Inhalants, alcohol consumption and health, and Peer Pressure in a Social Network.

In 6th, 7th and 8th grades, the new keepin' it REAL middle school lessons are enhanced with activities on Teen OTC (over-the-counter)/Prescription Drug Abuse, Methamphetamine, Bullying, Gangs, Internet Safety, and more. Beginning in the fall of 2009, D.A.R.E. officers across the nation began to teach The keepin' it REAL program which was developed in partnership with Penn State University.

In senior high school, D.A.R.E. is a reinforcement and "Equal emphasis is placed on helping students to recognize and cope with feelings of anger without causing harm to themselves or others and without resorting to violence or the use of alcohol and drugs."

Participation

According to the D.A.R.E. website, 36 million children around the world —26 million in the U.S. — are part of the program. The program is implemented in 75% of the nation's school districts, and 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. was one of the first national programs promoting zero tolerance.

DARE Car



A number of local police departments’ D.A.R.E. programs have police cars marked as DARE cars to promote their program. The D.A.R.E. cars appear at schools and in parades. Typically these cars are high-end or performance cars that have been seized in a drug raid. They are used to send the message that drug dealers forfeit all their glamorous trappings when they get caught. D.A.R.E. cars can also be regular police vehicles that are nearing the end of their service life, pressed into service for the promotion, or new police cars outfitted especially for the D.A.R.E. program.

Funding

D.A.R.E. America is funded largely as a crime prevention program working through education within schools. Over the years contributors have included the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Bureau of Justice Administration, U.S. Office of Justice and Delinquency Prevention, corporations, foundations, individuals and other sources. In addition, state training and local programs typically receive funding from state legislature appropriations, state agencies, counties, cities, school districts, police agencies, individuals, and community fund raisers and other sources.

In the United Kingdom

D.A.R.E. programs are now delivered in the UK by Life Skills Education Charity., a community interest company set up in 2011. D.A.R.E. Courses currently available include the D.A.R.E. Primary programme, the secondary school Keepin' it REAL programme, the community-based D.A.R.E. Active programme and the newly updated D.A.R.E. Game.

History

D.A.R.E. began its life in LA in 1983 after the CEO of Mansfield District Council saw it being delivered in Mansfield, Ohio whilst on an exchange visit. The program was fully introduced within Nottinghamshire following 2 years of successful trials. To operate on a more independent basis, Drug Abuse Resistance Education Ltd was established as a registered charity and delivered its programme to over 320,000 young people until the organization was dissolved.

All D.A.R.E. programs were adopted by Life Skills Education C.I.C. with the agreement of D.A.R.E. International in September 2011 and delivery into schools in the East Midlands has continued unaffected.

DARE Primary

DARE Primary is a life skills and drug education program for 9–11-year-olds. The course, consisting of 10 one-hour sessions, aims to provide children with knowledge, skills, and an opportunity to explore attitudes, to help them to make informed decisions, and to develop safe and healthy lifestyles. Topics covered include, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, volatile substances, bullying, anti-social behavior, and different types of pressure. Children look at normative beliefs about alcohol and tobacco. The sessions are interactive and provide a range of learning opportunities through individual activities, teamwork, discussions, storyboards, and appropriate role play. DARE Primary can be delivered by:

•	DARE Officer (Serving or former Police Officer, Police Community Support Officer, or School Officer--- a school liaison officer)

''•	Teacher and DARE Officer where the Officer attends every other week (called 50/50).

It also becomes part of the Health Unit in most schools. ''

•	Teacher delivered (Teachers receive training from DARE)

Each pupil is provided with a DARE workbook for use during the course. DARE Officers and Teachers (where the Teacher delivered option is chosen) are provided with session guides. An important part of the program is the graduation ceremony which is an opportunity for families and schools to celebrate the children's achievements.

The Primary program is now being delivered in the East Midlands, the City of London, part of the Metropolitan Police area, the Falkland Islands and by the Royal Military Police in Germany, Cyprus and Malta.

Evaluation

An independent randomized control sample evaluation of the D.A.R.E. Primary program was carried out in 2015/2016 using a sample of over 50 schools and 1500 young people. The evaluation was carried out by Nottingham Trent University's Professor Andromachi Tseloni and showed that the program had a significantly statistic effect on:


 * Increasing knowledge surrounding drugs, alcohol and substance abuse


 * Making safe and responsible choices


 * Communication and listening


 * Getting help from others.

Teachers have routinely rated the programme as 'Good' or 'Outstanding' and parents and young people rate it as 7.5 out of 10 in most cases.

D.A.R.E in the Community ('DARE Active')

DARE Active is principally led by DARE Champions, members of the community (professional and nonprofessional) who are actively involved in teaching, training, supporting or coaching young people and are trained and licensed by DARE UK to deliver the resource. DARE Active consists of eight sessions which can be delivered as an eight-week program or stand alone (a modular approach). It includes an optional celebration of achievement where guests can be invited to share the celebration or speak in a role model capacity. This opportunity lends itself to the local Policing teams attending and reinforcing some of the key messages.

Composition of sessions


 * 1) 	Introduction to the program
 * 1) 	The Six Keys to Success
 * 1) 	Team building and positive communication
 * 1) 	How can we work together and value others in order to achieve success
 * 1) 	Self-Esteem and Motivation
 * 1) 	Discipline and Responsibility
 * 1) 	Preparing to attempt a new challenge
 * 1) 	Review and Self-Assessment – (celebration for success)

DARE Active student benefits


 * Develop key life skills to stay safe, healthy and to make a positive contribution within society
 * Set goals with success criteria for their development
 * Review and assess their performance
 * Raise their self-esteem and develop the skills to maximize their life opportunities
 * Become inspired and motivated, to achieve their goals and focused in their lives as a whole
 * Be disciplined and take responsibility for their own actions
 * Develop support networks and communicate with the networks in a positive manner
 * Make informed decisions about health, social and moral dilemmas (e.g. misusing drugs)
 * Work within the framework of personal, learning and thinking skills (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)

DARE Secondary School (keepin' it REAL)

DARE UK is planning the launch of a Secondary school program during 2011 so it is available during the new academic year, Autumn, 2011. The curriculum and resources (including high-quality DVD) will be an adaptation of the DARE America Middle School program developed by Penn State University, USA. Current developments are taking place to ensure relevance and suitability for the UK.

It will follow on from the DARE Primary curriculum (although this is not essential) and is designed to help young people in years 7 and 8 deal with the many challenges they face during the transition. It is expected that the program will be delivered by teachers and DARE Officers.

2006 SAMSHA/NREPP

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and mental health Services, National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices reviewed D.A.R.E.'s Keepin' it REAL curricula. It meets NREPP's requirements as an evidence-based intervention in the categories of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.

2005 California's Healthy Kids Resource Center

2005 The California Department of Education and California Department of Health's Healthy Kids Resource Center lists D.A.R.E.'s keepin' it REAL curriculum as being research validated.

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 * I think at least some of it should be salvaged. Benjamin (talk) 08:57, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not against salvaging any of it - the article should probably say more about what DARE does, yes - but we should find secondary / independent sources for things we include from it, not just for WP:RS / WP:V reasons but to ensure we cover it in a WP:DUE manner and to give us interpretation and analysis that can avoid putting undue weight on DARE's view of itself. I don't think it'll be that hard to find sources for at least a basic outline of their operations - some of the sources already in the article are probably usable.  But I do think that that version, taken as a whole, is too promotional and too based on DARE's self-descriptions to use as the basis for a massive chunk of the article, so it'd be best to rewrite it as we go. --Aquillion (talk) 03:26, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Article Seems Incomplete / Seems to only include Criticism
As it is as of today, the page jumps from the summary at the top to a long section about how ineffective the program was. As it is right now, the article seems to only include criticism (if well sourced) but not really an explanation of the thing.

The article seems to be missing at least the following sections: what the program actually was (I get that it was bad, but what exactly was it?) what it was attempting to achieve and the context (crime rates of the 1980s/1990s, crack epidemic, G. Bush's Bag of Crack Speech, etc?) what the history of the program actually was (how much money spent by federal/state/county/local government? in what years?, who ran the program?, how did is spread?, how did it change if at all?) what has replaced it (we are now in the Opioid Epidemic?)

As someone who was a child in the 1990s in LA County (Santa Clarita), we had the SMART program (not DARE) in Elementary school, which I think was run by the LA County Sheriff's office. Not really sure how the two compared - one of the reasons I came to this article was to find out more about what if any differences there were. 98.210.227.180 (talk) 05:02, 15 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I have added a history of the program that addresses a lot of the questions you helpfully pointed to. (The article previously had a lengthy explanation of the program, removed in 2019 because it was poorly sourced.) Jno.skinner (talk) 07:19, 15 November 2021 (UTC)