[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 97-9699]


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                Proclamation 6984 of April 9, 1997

                
National D.A.R.E. Day, 1997

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                 Today we honor Drug Abuse Resistance Education 
                (D.A.R.E.), the largest and most widely recognized 
                substance abuse prevention and safety-promotion 
                curriculum in the Nation. First developed in 1983, 
                D.A.R.E. has continued to improve its methods as 
                research findings have increased our knowledge of 
                effective substance abuse prevention among school-age 
                youth. More than 70 percent of America's school 
                districts have adopted the program, and over 8,000 
                cooperative partnerships between law enforcement 
                agencies and school districts now exist across the 
                country. By virtue of D.A.R.E.'s expansive use and 
                national impact, this acronym has achieved broad name 
                recognition in association with substance abuse 
                prevention, making the D.A.R.E. officer one of the most 
                recognizable symbols for community policing and 
                prevention.

                Students, parents, police officers, and school 
                administrators have long been familiar with the 
                benefits of the D.A.R.E. program, and research has 
                shown that ongoing reinforcement of drug prevention 
                skills is critical in decreasing the likelihood of drug 
                use by our youth.

                Today and throughout the year, let us recognize 
                D.A.R.E. as a model of partnership between educators, 
                law enforcement, parents, and students, and let us 
                commend D.A.R.E. officers for their dedicated efforts 
                to help educate the children of America about the 
                importance of remaining drug free.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 10, 1997, as National 
                D.A.R.E. Day. I call upon our youth, parents, and 
                educators, and all the people of the United States to 
                observe this day with appropriate activities.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-seven, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and 
                twenty-first.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 97-9699
Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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