Illegal Drugs
Illegal Drugs | Chapter 3 Preface
In 1983, the Los Angeles Police Department created the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program to encourage youths to avoid illegal drugs. Today D.A.R.E., which is taught by police officers (primarily to fifthand sixth-graders) in half of the nation’s school districts, is America’s most prominent school drug-education program.
Advocates of D.A.R.E. credit the program not only for warning children about the dangers of drug use, but for improving youths’ self-esteem and decision-making skills. Robert E. Peterson, director of Michigan’s Office of Drug Control...
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- Is There a Drug Abuse Crisis?
- Should Drug Testing Be Allowed?
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Are Antidrug Programs Effective?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The D.A.R.E. Program Is Effective
- Prison Drug Treatment Programs Are Effective
- Cocaine Treatment Programs Are Effective
- Methadone Is an Effective Treatment for Heroin Addiction
- The D.A.R.E. Program Has Been Ineffective
- Drug Treatment Programs Are Often Ineffective
- Classroom Drug Education Has Been a Failure
- Should Illegal Drugs Be Legalized?
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