Newsgroups: triangle.politics,talk.politics.drugs,alt.drugs,alt.drugs.pot,alt.hemp
From: [s--e] at [world.std.com] (Scott P Evernden)
Subject: Re: "DARE students smoke more Pot"
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:02:48 GMT

In article <[199409280107 UAA 18197] at [chaos.bsu.edu]>,
Anonymous <[remailer admin] at [chaos.bsu.edu]> wrote:
>
>The final edition of the largest evaluation of the DARE program
>has concluded that the Anti-Drug program does not reduce drug
>use, and in at least category of pot, the DARE graduates 
>smoked more frequently than the control. 
>
>The report concluded:
>
>"The DARE program's limited effect on adolesent drug use contrasts 
>with the program's popularity and prevalence.  An important implication 
>is that DARE could be taking the place of other, more beneficial 
>drug education programs that kids could be receiving"
>
>_How_Effective_is DARE_
>American Journal of Public Health
>Sept 1994       p1399


However, GET THIS:  Page 3 of the Boston Globe:

                      US Rejects unfavorable DARE study
                      ---------------------------------

With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, the Justice Department has
decided to reject a study it commissioned that concluded that the country's
most popular school-based drug prevention program doesn't work.
...
Justice Department concluded the study didn't examine a big enough sample..
...
DARE receives about $750 million in government appropriations and private
donations.
...
Research Triangle Institute was paid $300,000 to do the 2 year study...
based on self-reported drug, alcohol and tobacco use by about 9000 children..
in more that 200 schools.
...
However, despite the Justice Department's attempts to have RTI modify its
findings, RTI has decided to stick with its conclusions... the Justice
Department and RTI have "agreed to disagree" on the validity of the conclusions
...
RTI... has regularly done work for the Justice Dept...
...
The Institute of Justice invited the authors to "reexamine" their conclusions,
but they declined...

-scott