Pubdate: Fri, 08 Jun 2007
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2007 The Vancouver Sun
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n687/a02.html
Author: Perry Kendall

DARE WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE

One can certainly appreciate Const. Anette Martin's defence of DARE 
as providing, as a side benefit, opportunities for police to forge 
links and relationships with students. How much better, therefore, 
were it also a program that demonstrated benefits in regards to its 
primary mission of reducing or delaying experimentation with 
psychoactive drugs. Such programs do exist. Would it be too much to 
ask that they become a part of Martin's armamentarium to replace the 
(at best) no effect (and at worst increased use) impact of DARE?

Perry Kendall

Provincial health officer

B.C. Ministry of Health
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