Pubdate: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 Source: Chicago Tribune (IL) Copyright: 2003 Chicago Tribune Company Contact: http://www.chicagotribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/82 Author: Sarah Benkin Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n243/a10.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/dare.htm (D.A.R.E.) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/campaign.htm (ONDCP Media Campaign) DRUG EDUCATION Mt. Prospect -- Three cheers to Henry White for his Feb. 13 letter to the editor, "Replace DARE with effective drug education." As a teenager, I'm exposed to drug education nearly every day. (Meanwhile my school's arts department is left to rot, but that's another story.) Much of what I see is highly inaccurate and ineffective, particularly a series of commercials that have aired regarding marijuana. The idea that marijuana is bad because some of the money spent on it might indirectly fund terrorism is hypocritical. Did anyone mention that we buy oil from countries that support terrorism? I don't see any commercials telling you not to use that. When people lie or distort information about drugs, it leads others to disbelieve the real harm they cause. Sarah Benkin - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk