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Topic: What elements are important in a prevention program?

I think the main thing any prevention program needs is
honesty. I don't think D.A.R.E. is honest, and research
has shown the D.A.R.E. program is worse than useless. Dr.
Dennis Rosenbaum, head of the criminal justice department
of the University of Illinois (Chicago), recently
completed a 6-year study of D.A.R.E.  He found that 
suburban kids who go through the D.A.R.E. program are
*more* likely to use drugs than kids who don't.