VictoryCabal: dahmers love zombie: //unless your definition of "work" is "makes kids more likely to do drugs"

My definition is: "Provides college stoners with DARE t-shirts to wear ironically." In that sense, it's working spectacularly.

Yup. I still remember waiting to cross a street one day when this kid rides up to me on his bike wearing a DARE t-shirt. First words out of his mouth: "Hey man, you wanna buy some pot?"

Alcohol is one helluva drug.

Where's the irony tag?! I'm pretty sure it's one of those appropriate moments.

Only way this could have been better is if it was MADD.

violentsalvation: My DARE officer in 5th and 6th grade was actually a really goodnice cop.
ftfy

Relatively Obscure: How good or bad DARE is aside, assholes like this should suffer very stiff consequences. Won't, but should.

I'd settle for a cop suffering the SAME consequences as the rest of us first.

D.A.R.E has been the biggest public service flop since "Don't Copy That Floppy". It's a waste of money and ought to be shut down.

why did I move to seymour

According to Officer Newcomb, his dog distracted him and that led to the accident. Maybe this is obscure, but if I had a nickel for everytime an officer of the law harrassed someone about looking for their dog, I would be a millionaire. Maybe this story deserves an "Ironic" tag.

Ironic?

Worst.Fark handle. ever.: D.A.R.E has been the biggest public service flop since "Don't Copy That Floppy". It's a waste of money and ought to be shut down.

It has been statistically 0% effective and cost billions of dollars.

That makes it one of the most successful parts of the drug war.

At least it hasn't directly led to countless murders and cost trillions like some other parts.

So what's his fark handle?

This one is for you, Officer Drunken Driving Dare. You dared to do it differently, and now you're damned. Stay thirsty my friend, stay off the roads.

Just wanted to say that I'm still pretty upset that I was sick the day in middle school they showed the sex education films. And there was no make-up showing of them.

/not really on subject, but really wanted to vent that.

When my children get to that age (and if they haven't axed the program yet) I'm going to opt them out of it. It's a waste of money, and I believe it does more harm then good.

I will be *gasp* a parent and talk to them about it myself. Hopefully I will have instilled some personal responsibility by then that will help them with these difficult subjects in life.

Drugs Are Really Excellent.

I have never understood why DARE had to be taught in the classroom by a police officer. It wouid; be a better use of Police resources for the officer to be on patrol out on the street.

If I was looking to save money DARE would be one of the things I cut of course there are Federal funds involved so that is probably why it is still around.

But alcohol isn't a drug.

/heads for the bunker.

give me doughnuts: angrymacface: Ed Finnerty: The road to Hell is paved with good intentions and bumper stickers.

No it's not. It's paved with frozen lawyers.

Oh, please. Who do you think runs the place?

Women. That's where they all end up, anyway.

Thread has a theme tune.

Titor's Time Machine: Best D.A.R.E. commercial ever.

LINKY (new window)

What the hell was that? I don't get it.

I particularly enjoy the story about the guy who runs the entire DARE program, when confronted with facts showing that it is both statistically ineffective and also based on exaggerations and flat out lies, simply responds with something like, "I think the popularity of the program should be a better indicator of our success." We're popular so we must be working? What the...?

When are people going to learn that when authority figures lie to children and those children find out, the children stop trusting authority figures?

Booze is his anti-drug.

? Yes.

? Definitely.

From TFA:

Newcomb had a dog in the truck with him. He told police the dog distracted him and that's what caused the crash.

"D.A.R.E. to Keep Cops Off Dogs"

Donut
Abuse
Resistance
Education

bad cop--no donut