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June
28, 2000
Mayor Calls DARE Program a 'Fraud'
The mayor of Salt Lake
City, Utah, called the Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (DARE) program "a
fraud on the people of America," the Salt Lake
Tribune reported June
22.
Calling for the dismantling of the DARE program in Salt Lake City,
Mayor
Rocky Anderson said the program does little to stop teens from using
drugs
or alcohol. "We have frittered away opportunities to put in place in
our
schools programs that actually work," said Anderson. He cited studies
that
have questioned the long-term effectiveness of the DARE
program.
Since his 1999 mayoral campaign, Anderson has put forth his own
ideas for
after-school and summer youth programs at city schools. He has
since hired
two full-time staffers to develop the programs.
Anderson
is currently reviewing the DARE program with the Salt Lake City
Police
Department and will decide the program's fate in a few months.
"We have
felt like DARE has been a successful program. That's why we've
continued to
do it," said police spokesman Cory Lyman. "We have given all
our information
to the mayor and will abide by any decision he
makes."
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