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Newsbrief:
DARE
Dropped
in
Toledo
6/14/02
DARE seems to be on a roll
these days, but it's all downhill for the embattled police-as-lawyer/doctor/social
worker/educator drug education program. Last week, DRCNet reported
on the Fort Worth, TX, police chief's decision to can the widely panned
program (http://www.drcnet.org/wol/240.html#daretocutdare),
and this week Toledo, OH, joined the growing number of cities and states
that have dumped DARE. So far, that list also includes Salt Lake
City, Snohomish County (suburban Seattle, WA) and the Michigan State Police.
In Toledo, Police Chief Michael
Navarre told public and Catholic school officials on Monday that DARE was
dead with the end of the school year. Navarre cited a series of studies
questioning DARE's effectiveness, dating back to a 1994 National Institute
of Justice review that found DARE had little or no impact on whether participants
would go on to use alcohol or other drugs. Navarre had long been
a DARE supporter, he told the Toledo Blade, but the accumulating studies
questioning the program and DARE America's announcement last year it would
revamp its curriculum prompted his decision.
But Navarre and school board
members vowed to develop a new anti-drug program also using police officers
as in-school presenters. "We're not going to walk away from drug
education in the elementary schools," said Chief Navarre. "It is
an important aspect of a child's education."
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Issue #241, 6/14/02
Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against California Cannabis Clubs | The June 6th Medical Marijuana Actions: One Week Later | With Competing Drug Reform Bills Passed, NY Governor and Assembly Have One Week to Reach Compromise | Border Governors to Discuss Chihuahua Marijuana Legalization | Dan Forbes Goes After Ad Age for McCarthyite Smear | London Borough Proposes De Facto Hard Drug Decrim | Philippines Enacts Death Penalty for Drug Dealing, Possession of a Pound of Marijuana or Tens Grams of Ecstasy | Colombian Paramilitary Leader Again Admits Links with Cocaine Traffic, Calls for Tactical Retreat from the Trade | Newsbrief: Mexico Drug Trade Helps Prevent Social Explosion, Says Researcher | Newsbrief: DARE Dropped in Toledo | Newsbrief: Maryland GOP Governor Candidate Talks Treatment Not Jail | Newsbrief: Supreme Court Ruling Leads to Public Housing Eviction for Son's Marijuana Pipe | Newsbrief: Addicts Vote with Their Feet on Vietnam's New, Lengthy Mandatory Drug Rehab | Newsbrief: Louisiana Judge Busted in Dope-Planting Scheme | Newsbrief: Life for Brownies? California Man Faces Three-Strikes Penalty | Grant Program: Tides Foundation RFPs for Latin America, Prop. 36 Implementation and Overdose Prevention | New DRCNet/StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Out -- Discounted Purchase Available | The Reformer's Calendar
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