[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 19955-19956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-1124]


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                Proclamation 8235 of April 9, 2008

                
National D.A.R.E. Day, 2008

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For 25 years, Drug Abuse Resistance Education 
                (D.A.R.E.) has given school children across America an 
                opportunity to gain the skills they need to avoid 
                involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. On National 
                D.A.R.E. Day, we recognize those individuals who teach 
                America's children how to resist peer pressure and live 
                productive, drug-free, and violence-free lives.

                Millions of our Nation's young people have learned 
                about the dangerous effects of drug abuse with the help 
                of the D.A.R.E. program. Parents, law enforcement 
                officials, teachers, and counselors are on the front 
                lines of this effort and are sending our kids a clear 
                message that drug use is dangerous and unacceptable. In 
                classrooms across the country, police officers are 
                answering students' tough questions about drugs and 
                crime and encouraging an open line of communication 
                between students and law enforcement.

                My Administration is committed to reducing drug use 
                among young people, and we are working to cut the 
                supply of drugs coming into our country and fight 
                demand here at home. Additionally, we are helping 
                spread the message of drug prevention through the 
                National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign and the 
                Partnership for a Drug-Free America. The Helping 
                America's Youth initiative, led by First Lady Laura 
                Bush, is working with community leaders to address 
                challenges facing young people on a daily basis. These 
                and other efforts are helping to combat the destructive 
                cycle of drug addiction.

                All Americans have a responsibility to encourage others 
                to turn away from drug abuse and to make good choices 
                in life. During National D.A.R.E. Day, we renew our 
                commitment to providing our youth the knowledge and 
                encouragement they need to resist the pressures that 
                can lead them to experiment with drugs and violent 
                activities. By working together, we can help our 
                children build lives of purpose and strengthen our 
                communities, one heart and one soul at a time.

                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 10, 2008, as National 
                D.A.R.E. Day. I urge all young people to make right 
                choices and call upon all Americans to recognize our 
                collective responsibility to combat every form of drug 
                abuse and to support all those who work to help our 
                children avoid drug use and violence.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-second. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 08-1124
Filed 4-10-08; 8:58 am]
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