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D.A.R.E Was Not as Effective as It Seemed to be at the Time

Trista July 8, 2020 23 min

Drug Abuse Resistance Education - Education — Daren the Lion, D.A.R.E. mascot, with D.A.R.E. supporters. sheriff.macombgov.org.

22. Even With D.A.R.E. And Other Anti-Substance Programs, Statistics Continued To Climb.

Teen speaking to a counselor. Addiction Center.

In 2017, approximately 2.3 million Americans between the ages of 12 and 17 and 2.4 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 started to drink alcohol. In the same year, 1.2 million Americans between the ages of 12 and 17 and 525,000 Americans over the age of 26 used marijuana for the first time.

In 2017, 1 million Americans above the age of 12 used cocaine for the first time. About 1.4 million people in the United States are regular hallucinogen users. About 143,000 of them are minors between the ages of 12 and 17.