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D.A.R.E., not scare
D.A.R.E. grads receive goodie bags and congratulations from community leaders. In the 1980s political leaders attempted to address the drug crisis among youth with a simple answer to a complex problem: “Just say No!” Programs like D.A.R.E sprung up across the...
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D.A.R.E. Graduation 2018
A D.A.R.E. graduate with Alaska D.A.R.E. Coordinator Jared Popp. The D.A.R.E. graduation was held May 10, 2018.
D.A.R.E. Graduation 2018
D.A.R.E. graduates and a young guest pose with State D.A.R.E. Coordinator Jared Popp and Daren, the D.A.R.E. Lion. The D.A.R.E. graduation was held May 10, 2018.
D.A.R.E. Graduates 2018
Petersburg’s 2018 D.A.R.E. graduates with Daren (the D.A.R.E. Lion) and State D.A.R.E. Coordinator Jared Popp. The D.A.R.E. graduation was held May 10, 2018.
‘Just say no,’ no more
D.A.R.E. — the ubiquitous anti-drug campaign of the 1980s and 1990s — has come a long way since the days of “just say no.” Launched in 1983 to explicitly tackle illegal drug use with a strict focus on the negative consequences of substance abuse, the D.A.R.E....
YAB Members Participate in Creating PSA Video to Promote D.A.R.E. myPlaybook High School Curriculum
YAB Members with Retro Bill in Orlando, Florida. Top: Jacqueline Ho, Marlon Sanders MS. Middle: Kobe Blackwell - AZ, Tori Streater - TX, Annessa Masterson - OK, Spencer Flanders – NV. Middle: Mistie Bell-Renfro, Brighton Turner – NM, Megan Kirchoff – MO, Gabe...
Pot at the Polls: Oregon, Alaska Cast Pivotal Votes on Legal Marijuana
The future of marijuana hangs in the balance as voters go to the polls on Tuesday. Residents of Oregon and Alaska will decide whether to follow Colorado and Washington, which in 2012 approved the world’s only regulated markets in the drug. The vote could double the...
Outlook for states’ pot legalization measures goes from solid to shaky
Mothers and others who oppose marijuana legalization in Oregon talk to reporters. (Gosia Wozniacka / Associated Press). With pot sold openly to any adult who wants it in Colorado and Washington state, marijuana advocates were hoping restrictions in other states...
Legalized Marijuana Will Not Stop Drug Cartels
AACOP urges Alaskans to vote no on ballot measure 2. Recent reports from Colorado law enforcement indicate that the legalization of marijuana has not reduced illicit sales on the black market there as proponents had predicted. In particular, black market dealers...
Alaska Mayors Group Opposes Legalizing Marijuana
A group of Alaska mayors has come out in opposition of the ballot measure to legalize, tax and regulate recreational marijuana in Alaska. The Alaska Conference of Mayors announced Thursday that it had voted to oppose the initiative during an Aug. 13 meeting in...
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State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Coordinator
Jared Popp
Petersburg Borough Police
Email: jpopp@petersburgak.gov
Telephone: (907) 518-0481
State D.A.R.E. Educator
Michael Bauzon
Lumen Christi High School
Email: michael_bauzon@hotmail.com
Office Phone: (907) 245-9231
Mobile Phone: (907) 301-2793
State D.A.R.E. Educator
Alison Craig
Lumen Christi High School
Email: acraig@lumenchristiak.com
Office Phone: (907) 245-9231
Mobile Phone: (410) 562-2215
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Philip Plessinger
TCC
Email: philip.plessinger@tananachiefs.org
Office Phone: (907) 452-8251
Mobile Phone: (907) 322-8213
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association Vice President
Amanda Fisher
Anchorage Police Department
Email: afisher@ci.anchorage.ak.us
Office Phone: (907) 786-8738
Mobile Phone: (907) 440-4734
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association 1st Vice President
Tanya Larrabee-Boehm
Mat-Su School District
Email: Tanya.larrabee@matsuk12.us
Office Phone: (907) 892-9448
Mobile Phone: (907) 727-7176
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