[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
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The President





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Proclamation 7080--National D.A.R.E. Day, 1998
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                Proclamation 7080 of April 9, 1998

                
National D.A.R.E. Day, 1998

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Every child is blessed with infinite potential--
                potential for loving, for learning, and for making life 
                better for others. Yet each year thousands of young 
                people destroy this potential and risk their lives by 
                using illegal substances. That is why the first goal of 
                my 1998 National Drug Control Strategy is to educate 
                America's young people on the dangers of substance 
                abuse and to help them resist the temptations of drugs, 
                alcohol, and tobacco.

                Among our greatest allies in this mission are the 
                parents, teachers, students, and police officers 
                participating in Drug Abuse Resistance Education 
                (D.A.R.E.), the largest substance abuse prevention and 
                safety promotion program in America. This year, 
                millions of children across the United States will 
                benefit from the D.A.R.E. curriculum. Under the 
                guidance of specially trained veteran police officers, 
                America's children from kindergarten through 12th grade 
                learn how to resist peer pressure and live productive 
                lives free from violence and substance abuse. The 
                D.A.R.E. program is currently being used in almost 75 
                percent of our Nation's school districts and in more 
                than 44 countries around the world. And because it is 
                so critical that we reach our young people during their 
                most impressionable years, D.A.R.E. has pledged to 
                expand into every middle school in our Nation by the 
                year 2001.

                Every American should reinforce D.A.R.E.'s efforts by 
                accepting responsibility to join the fight against 
                drugs and violence. Parents must set a good example, 
                teach their children right from wrong, and educate them 
                about the dangers of substance abuse. Young people 
                themselves must have the courage to reject violence and 
                drugs. And we must all support our Nation's D.A.R.E. 
                officers in their mission to help our children reject 
                illegal drugs. It is only by working together that we 
                can create a brighter future for our children, our 
                communities, and our Nation.

                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 9, 1998, as National 
                D.A.R.E. Day. I call upon our youth, parents, and 
                educators and all people of the United States to 
                observe this day with appropriate programs and 
                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-eight, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and 
                twenty-second.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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