D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a seventeen week course taught by a police officer to fifth grade students in drug abuse education.
The primary emphasis of the progam is to assist students in recognizing and resisting the pressures that influence them to experiment with chemicals.
D.A.R.E. was originally developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District's Instructional Specialists.
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D.A.R.E. Information
"D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives." 
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