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Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., is an American education program that tries to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. It was founded in Los Angeles in 1983 as a joint initiative of then- LAPD chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as a demand -side drug ...
The share of high school students who have used illicit drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and even marijuana has fallen substantially since 2001 — right around the time D.A.R.E. fell out of popularity.
In late 2001, in Ashland, Oregon, the Ashland School Board enacted a Drug and Alcohol Policy for students in leadership positions, igniting a local controversy. The policy extended to off-campus and after-school conduct, but the controversy reached the general efficacy and constitutionality of drug testing policies.
Cases that attracted international media attention cases include students being suspended or expelled for offenses such as possession of over-the-counter and/or prescription drugs on campus with the permission of the students’ parents, keeping various pocketknives in cars, and carrying woodworking tools outside of a wood shop classroom.
Woods urged students to seek help with emotional pain rather than using drugs as a short-term escape from what's bothering them. She also urged students using drugs to reach out for help.
Identify and meet substance use-related needs of individual students and help students or families locate resources, and assist them in finding a route to specialist services. When trained, deliver brief interventions to students, an effective response to substance use (see Section 3.2.4) (Pirskanen et al., 2006).
The SDFSCA was established by the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act. [7] The SDFSC Advisory Committee, was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. The Committee was established to advise the Secretary on Federal, state, and local programs designated to create safe and drug-free schools, and on issues related to crisis planning. [8]
Two students are facing charges after the treats were shared during class at a middle school. Students hospitalized by ‘unknown substance’ knew they were ingesting drugs, police say Skip to ...