Illinois Study Finds DARE Graduates Using More Drugs than their Peers- A University of Illinois study released this week, like virtually every previous study on the topic, found that the popular DARE program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), in which police officers teach third graders about drugs, does not work. Disturbingly, the study actually found higher rates of drug use among DARE graduates than their peers. "It hurts me to sit here and tell you that DARE does not work," said Dr. Dennis Rosenbaum, head of the criminal justice department at the University of Illinois. "But it's time for us to go back to the drawing board and figure out how it can be improved or what better ways we can spend our money on drug education in this country."

For more information on the Illinois study, see http://www.msnbc.com/NEWS/151731.asp (this link has dissappeared! For more general background, visit DRCNet's DARE Topics in Depth section at http://www.drcnet.org/DARE.