Happy D.A.R.E. Day!

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 8, 2004, as National D.A.R.E. Day

Well, I guess we should celebrate! So let’s observe D.A.R.E. day with some appropriate reading.

• DARE fact sheet at Drug Policy Alliance
• Just say no again: The old failures of new and improved anti-drug education from Reason
• Report: “The Economic Costs of DARE” (pdf)
• The Education Issue: The ReconsiDer Quarterly (pdf) – lots of articles on DARE’s ineffectiveness
• Drug Prevention Placebo: How DARE Wastes Time, Money, and Police from Reason
• DARE Leaders Acknowledge Program’s Ineffectiveness
• GAO Report Finds DARE Ineffective
• DARE’s 20th Birthday Shows No Sign of Progress