{"id":1280,"date":"2016-02-22T18:10:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T18:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2016-02-22T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T18:10:56","slug":"the-dare-program-ends-anti-marijuana-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/2016\/02\/22\/the-dare-program-ends-anti-marijuana-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"The DARE Program Ends Anti Marijuana Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1288\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/D.A.R.E.-calls-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana-oped.jpg\" alt=\"D.A.R.E.-calls-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana-oped\" width=\"790\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/D.A.R.E.-calls-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana-oped.jpg 790w, https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/D.A.R.E.-calls-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana-oped-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/D.A.R.E.-calls-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana-oped-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/D.A.R.E.-calls-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana-oped-348x180.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program has apparently removed the discussion of marijuana from its curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kennewick Police Department\u2019s DARE officer, Mike Meyer, as of last December, the nearly 100 students who graduated from the Sunset View Elementary DARE program in Kennewick, Washington, were the last group to be taught about the potential dangers of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>The new curriculum started in December in Kennewick and does not bring up the subject of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer has been Kennewick\u2019s DARE officer for six years and doesn\u2019t know why the national parent organization that oversees the DARE program has deleted marijuana from its curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>The DARE program is supposed to inform young people about the dangers and effects of serious drugs like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. Marijuana pales in comparison and in reality should have never been on that list to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>More and more benefits of marijuana are coming to light. It\u2019s no longer vilified the way it once was as a dangerous and harmful \u201cgateway drug.\u201d Young people are keen to this.<\/p>\n<p>The overblown dangers of cannabis, which were touted by the DARE program, lead young students to think that more serious drugs aren\u2019t that dangerous. They might be less likely to believe what the DARE program teaches about drugs that <i>are <\/i>harmful.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the DARE program has had very low success rates. Their plan to keep kids off of drugs wasn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n<p>A study called \u201cProject DARE: No Effects at a 10 Year Follow-Up,\u201d has deconstructed every claim that the DARE program made. People who had taken the DARE program in middle school were no less likely to have used marijuana or tobacco, drink alcohol, or use other drugs, than those who were never in the DARE program.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to note that another study, at the University of Illinois, suggested that some high school seniors who were forced to take DARE classes were even more likely to use drugs than students who didn\u2019t take the classes.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2012\/11\/dare_curriculum_drops_marijuana.php\">www.tokeofthetown.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"mantis__recommended__wordpress\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n    MANTIS_RECOMMEND = {\n        property: '556c86bbbf60bd001d672ecb',\n        render: 'mantis__recommended__wordpress'\n    };\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n\tvar z = document.createElement(\"script\");\n\tz.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n\tz.async = true;\n\tz.src = \"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.min.js\";\n\tvar s = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(z, s);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<link href=\"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.3columns.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program has apparently removed the discussion of marijuana from its curriculum. 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