D.A.R.E. Was a Bigger Failure Than Most People Realized
The D.A.R.E. program, which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, was a staple of childhood for millions of American children in the ’80s and ’90s. It set out to tell kids about the perils of alcohol and other substances, but there was a catch: it didn’t work. The D.A.R.E. program’s effectiveness was measured many times…