[E Rocc]

One of the most dangerous things about DARE is the lies. They tell kids all these horror stories about marijuana and the kids figure out it's just not true, and assume what they were told about heroin and PCP must also be lies.

That's the case with most "drug education" programs. Indeed, its one of the actual reasons marijuana can be a "gateway" drug: kids learn that what they heard about pot is bullmodell and they think that's also the case with the harder drugs.

To me the dangerous things about DARE are the way it encourages kids to hide the details of the program from their parents, and the condoning of anonymous snitching.

-Eric

[Dakmar]

You are correct. I probably should have said One of the most dangerous things for the kids involved. Of course having their parents carted off to prison for burning a doob isn't going to do them much good, either. It's amazing how people change their tune about governement brainwashing in public schools when the subject is drugs.