Does the Young Marines teach Drug Resistance?
The Young Marines is the Marine Corps’ official youth program for the Department of Defense Youth Drug Demand Reduction program. Young Marines make a pledge to be drug-free and work hard to encourage family, friends, and schoolmates to share in this commitment. The Drug Demand Reduction Ribbon award is awarded to any Young Marine who has displayed leadership, perseverance, visibility and courage in their community, and has either attended 8 prescribed drug reduction lectures or completed a school-based Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) course, given one civic/community presentation on drug demand reduction, and successfully displayed the ideals of a drug-free lifestyle in a newsletter, newspaper or other public media.