[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9344]


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                Proclamation 7425 of April 10, 2001

                
National D.A.R.E. Day, 2001

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, we recognize Drug Abuse Resistance Education 
                (D.A.R.E.), the largest and most widely known substance 
                abuse prevention and anti-violence curriculum in 
                America. For over 18 years, D.A.R.E. has brought 
                specially trained community police officers into 
                America's classrooms to teach children how to resist 
                destructive peer pressure and to live productive drug- 
                and violence-free lives. Every day, millions of 
                children across the United States participate in the 
                instruction given in the D.A.R.E. drug prevention 
                curriculum.

                Parents, teachers, community leaders, law enforcement 
                officials, and fellow students have an important role 
                to play in keeping our children away from illegal 
                drugs. Research has shown that ongoing reinforcement of 
                drug prevention skills at home and at school play a 
                critical role in decreasing the likelihood of drug use 
                by our youth. This year, D.A.R.E. has pledged to reach 
                out to thousands of parents with a new parent-specific 
                curriculum to help them talk with their kids about 
                drugs.

                Today, we recognize D.A.R.E. as a useful partnership 
                between the research community, educators, law 
                enforcement, parents, and students, and we commend 
                D.A.R.E. officers for their dedicated efforts to help 
                educate the children of America about the importance of 
                remaining drug- and violence-free.

                NOW, THEREFORE, 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 12, 2001, as National 
                D.A.R.E. Day. I call upon our youth, parents, 
                educators, and all people of the United States to 
                observe this day with appropriate activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

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[FR Doc. 01-9344
Filed 4-11-01; 11:59 am]
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