[Vision2020] [Spam 5.59] Re: Subject change to "Was it Necessary to Use theAtomicBombs on Japan?" Former title Presidential Rankings

[Sue Hovey]

There has been study after study refuting the claim that DARE works....This 
isn't the first, only the latest....

Sue Hovey
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From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
Cc: "Warren Hayman" <whayman at roadrunner.com>; "Sue Hovey" 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Spam 5.59] Re: Subject change to "Was it 
Necessary to Use theAtomicBombs on Japan?" Former title Presidential 
Rankings


> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 13:03, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
>
>> D.A.R.E is a good program. The idea behind it is to say no to a dare.
>
> According to the Surgeon General of the United States: "Overall . . .
> children who participate [in the D.A.R.E. program] are as likely to
> use drugs as those who do not participate."
>
> That is from the current Surgeon General website.
>
>>From Wikipedia:
>
> "Researchers at Indiana University, commissioned by Indiana school
> officials in 1992, found that those who completed the D.A.R.E. program
> subsequently had significantly higher rates of hallucinogenic drug use
> than those not exposed to the program."
>
> "In 1995, a report to the California Department of Education by Joel
> Brown Ph. D. stated that none of California's drug education programs
> worked, including D.A.R.E."
>
> "In 1998, A grant from the National Institute of Justice to the
> University of Maryland resulted in a report to the NIJ, which among
> other statements, concluded that 'D.A.R.E. does not work to reduce
> substance use.'"
>
> "A ten-year study was completed by the American Psychological
> Association in 1999, involving one thousand D.A.R.E. graduates in an
> attempt to measure the effects of the program. After the ten year
> period no measurable effects were noted."
>
> Yes, the same Wikipedia article does present some rebuttals, but
> virtually none none have as much authority as the criticisms.
>
> Chas
>


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