What responsibility does D.A.R.E. take for the overall increase in drug use among junior high students?
D.A.R.E. along with elected leaders, celebrities, sports figures, parents, employers, religious and social institutions and the media, all should take some responsibility and work together to fight this increase because the lives of our youth are at stake. • D.A.R.E. is not a silver bullet. One year of D.A.R.E. or any other prevention program does not provide a lifetime inoculation against drug use; effective drug abuse eradication must include a number of different elements including interdiction, treatment and school-based drug prevention. • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services latest National Survey reports that students at the 5th/6th grade level not only show no increase in drug use, but their use of any illicit drugs has actually decreased. The 5th/6th grade is where most D.A.R.E. resources are now focused–to address this dramatic increase in middle/junior high–D.A.R.E. wants the newly revised middle/junior high curriculum implemented in every school in the nation b
