Substance use disorder (SUD) is the nation’s most pressing public health challenge, and the most urgent SUD in 2024 is opioid abuse and dependency. According to the CDC, more than one million people have died since 1999 from drug overdose…
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Old Lyme resurrects drug prevention program for children
Meriden — At the Connecticut State Police Training Academy last week, Officer Stephen Hackett of the Old Lyme Police Department stood in front of a group of law enforcement colleagues who were playing the role…
Old Lyme Officer Revives D.A.R.E. Program After Two Decades Hiatus
Officer Stephen Hackett of the Old Lyme Police Department is set to become the town’s first Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) instructor in over two decades. With a new focus on skill-building, the updated D.A.R.E. program aims to empower the town’s youth to make responsible choices.
150-Plus Students Graduate Russell D.A.R.E. Program
Russell Elementary students graduated from the D.A.R.E. program at Russell-McDowell Intermediate School on Monday. About 153 fifth-grade students — all wearing white shirts that read “keep kids off drugs” — filled the gymnasium early afternoon Monday to be recognized...
36TH ANNUAL D.A.R.E. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCE
July 29 to August 2, 2024
Doubletree Hotel Orlando at Sea World
10100 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32821
2023 D.A.R.E. Awards Recipients
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR D.A.R.E. AND THE CHILDREN YOU IMPACT
2023 D.A.R.E. America National ‘Louis Skip Miller’ Scholarship Awardee: Lily Ljiljanich, New York D.A.R.E. Youth Advocacy Board Member. Lily Ljiljanich joined the Youth Advocacy Board as a…
Curtis Elementary Student is the Third Family Member to Win the D.A.R.E. Essay Contest
A 5th grader from Curtis Elementary School out shined 1,600 other students who graduated this year’s D.A.R.E. program here in Bossier Parish. Aysia Williams was chosen as the “D.A.R.E. Essay of the Year” award winner for Bossier Parish and placed 3rd in the Northwest...
Initial Year of D.A.R.E. Program in the Eastern Allamakee Community School District Sets the Foundation for Community Support System
Eastern Allamakee Community School District fifth and sixth grade students worked with Lansing Police Chief Conrad Rosendahl this past school year to complete training in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. The goal of the D.A.R.E. program is to...
North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officers Conference to Feature Randall Franks
Randall Franks will be the featured motivational speaker during the North Carolina D.A.R.E Officers Association In-Service Training Conference, June 12-16, at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Atlantic Beach. Franks is known best for his role as “Officer Randy Goode”…