DARE lacks oversightProgram's cost soars past $1 billion with little accounting Sunday, June 30, 2002 Jonathan Riskind Dispatch Washington Bureau Chief Even as concern has grown about the effectiveness of America's most popular anti-drug program, few questions are being asked about how much Drug Abuse Resistance Education is costing taxpayers. Or who is accountable for the spending. Neither the government officials who hand out the money nor DARE executives themselves can put a definitive price tag on it, but estimates from several independent experts range from $1 billion to more than $2 billion annually. And despite questions about whether DARE...