Sometimes it works... (Score 1)

At least where I came from, the D.A.R.E. program was used in elemetry school, and nothing was really used in older grades. I found that, while everyone in 5th grade vowed never to do drugs, by the time they got to high school or whatever, they had forgotten that vow. Basically, it was effective in the short term, but not in the long term. Of course, the question wasn't asked if the D.A.R.E. program is a good idea... frankly, it is probably made less effective by the fact that it presents misinformation... if someone has friends who smoke pot, and they find out that it won't necessarly ruin your life, they may discount the entire D.A.R.E. message. Eliza