D.A.R.E. Returns

The opioid epidemic, legalization concerns, and need for improved community-police relations make D.A.R.E. curricula a high priority.

Read about the return of D.A.R.E. to the communities below:

D.A.R.E. Program Returns to Terrebonne Schools

D.A.R.E. Program Returns to Terrebonne Schools

Jan 5, 2021

The D.A.R.E. decision-making program has returned to Terrebonne Parish schools. The program, which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, had been operating in Terrebonne classrooms for 25 years before being discontinued in 2016. Three deputies have been…

D.A.R.E. Program Returns to EPS After 10-Year Absence

D.A.R.E. Program Returns to EPS After 10-Year Absence

Jul 29, 2020

ENID, Okla. — Enid Public Schools Campus Police Officer Bryan Rios is ready to bring the renowned Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program back to the district after more than a decade. D.A.R.E. is a nationwide initiative to give students skills to avoid...
Heartland School District Brings Back D.A.R.E. Program

Heartland School District Brings Back D.A.R.E. Program

Feb 20, 2020

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. (KFVS) – One Heartland school district has brought back the D.A.R.E. program. Voters in the Portageville school district agreed they needed a school resource officer. This year, the resource officer bringing back the drug abuse resistance...
D.A.R.E. Returns to Bath Schools

D.A.R.E. Returns to Bath Schools

Oct 3, 2019

Deputy Laura Rogers of the Bath County Sheriff’s Office visited The Recorder last week with her Drug Abuse Resistance Education materials. Rogers is teaching D.A.R.E. to fifth and eighth graders in Bath County schools this year, the first time D.A.R.E. has been taught...
Revamped D.A.R.E. Program May Offer Kids Way Out

Revamped D.A.R.E. Program May Offer Kids Way Out

Jul 26, 2019

BUCKHANNON — Drug Abuse Resistance Education, the hallmark drug education program known as D.A.R.E.,will be returning to Upshur County next year after a 20-year absence. The Upshur County Board of Education gave its approval for the program to be taught in schools…

D.A.R.E. Program Returning to Borough Schools

D.A.R.E. Program Returning to Borough Schools

Jul 2, 2019

NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck Police Department and Board of Education are bringing back the DARE program starting next school year. “We’re not immune to the problems facing the state and the country, especially as it relates to opioids,” Police Chief Steven Hunt said....
D.A.R.E. Returns

D.A.R.E. Returns

Jul 2, 2019

BUCKHANNON — Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), an educational program, was founded in 1983 and has proven so successful that it has been implemented in thousands of schools throughout the United States and over 50 other countries.D.A.R.E. is a police...
D.A.R.E Program to Return to Dunn County Schools

D.A.R.E Program to Return to Dunn County Schools

Jul 2, 2019

The D.A.R.E. program will return to local schools again this fall. Rebecca Merryfield, of the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, recently graduated from the D.A.R.E program put on by the South Dakota Law Enforcement Academy. She was one of 25 officers from across...
School Graduates 200 from Revamped D.A.R.E. Program

School Graduates 200 from Revamped D.A.R.E. Program

Apr 1, 2019

MINNEOLA — About 200 Grassy Lake Elementary fifth graders on Wednesday became the first class to graduate from the Sheriff’s Office’s D.A.R.E. program in six years. Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said the program used to draw 6,000 students a year before it was cut for…

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