I agree with the programs teaching against white drugs and I certainly don't advocate smoking until they are much older. But encouraging kids to rat out their parents seems like the book 1984 and it pisses me off. I consider myself to be a responsible loving parent and I get enough crap in the south for being a pagan parent- now this. What does Dare teach?

Thanks and peace.

I suggest you look into the program more (they have a website, I believe - full of propaganda of course). I've read studies that show that kids who are in the DARE program are MORE likely to get involved with drugs (the program DOES talk about many drugs, some of which most kids have never heard about! doesn't it?).

The important thing is that if you have any doubts about it, YOUR KIDS DON'T HAVE GO! You can let the school know that you DON'T want your kids to participate in the program. You could also organize other parents who feel the same way. Of course then you and your kids are singled out, which can be a problem in some communities, but at least YOU'RE taking a stand against the brainwashing of your children (of course, that's what school is for, isn't it?).

I know many parents who for various reasons, including this, have opted to put their kids in private schools, or do home schooling. Do you want your children to become programmed consumerist zombies? Do you care what kind of ideas your children are being fed by the system (and their programmed peers)? If so then you have options you should consider. There are alternatives! Check them out!

I hope you can guide your children with truth instead of lies.

-The Old Hippy