The most widely used school-based substance abuse prevention program in the United States is the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, which is funded by a variety of sources, including private, federal, and other public entities. DARE'S primary mission is to provide children with the information and skills they need to live drug- and violence-free lives through programs at the elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. According to research literature, concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of the DARE fifth and sixth grade curriculum.in preventing illicit drug use among youth. This report contains information on (1) the results of evaluations on the long-term effectiveness of the DARE elementary school curriculum in preventing illicit drug use among children and (2) federal efforts to identify programs that are effective in preventing illicit drug use among children. In brief, the six long-term evaluations of the DARE elementary school curriculum reviewed found no significant differences in illicit drug use between students who received DARE in the fifth or sixth grade (the intervention group) and students who did not (the control group). All of the evaluations suggested that DARE had no. statistically significant long-term effect on preventing youth illicit drug use.
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Chicago
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education.
"ED473428 - Youth Illicit Drug Use Prevention: DARE Long-Term Evaluations and Federal Efforts To Identify Effective Programs". Government.
U.S. Department of Education,
January 1, 2003.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED473428
APA
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education.
(2003, January 1).
ED473428 - Youth Illicit Drug Use Prevention: DARE Long-Term Evaluations and Federal Efforts To Identify Effective Programs.
[Government].
U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED473428
MLA
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education.
ED473428 - Youth Illicit Drug Use Prevention: DARE Long-Term Evaluations and Federal Efforts To Identify Effective Programs.
U.S. Department of Education,
(1 Jan 2003),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED473428
Bluebook
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education, Youth Illicit Drug Use Prevention: DARE Long-Term Evaluations and Federal Efforts To Identify Effective Programs, GovInfo, (January 1, 2003),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED473428
