The D.A.R.E. program, as numerous studies have found, was abysmally ineffective. That's unsurprising to those of us who went through it as kids. It was very well funded window dressing for incompetent politicians who failed to understand root causes or didn't care about them.
In fact, some studies have shown that children who went through the D.A.R.E. program were more likely to use drugs than those who hadn't been in the program.
I don't pretend to know how "Euphoria" influences teens, but it's incredibly rich for a failed and harmful program that came out of a failed and harmful War on Drugs started by a failed and harmful presidency to lecture a TV show on what kids really need.
Maybe sit this one out.
Maybe sit this one out.
If the federal government wants to prevent kids from using drugs, maybe it should focus on ensuring teenagers have safe and affirming housing, free meals, access to quality health care, and well-funded schools in which teachers aren't spending their own paychecks on supplies.
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