Nope. When you have an older boyfriend who's pressuring you, it's stronger than the "drug are bad" talk. Haha.

It always made it seem like people would come up to me on the street and force me to do drugs! They made it seem so terrifying, as if somebody would hunt me down and force me to smoke a joint.

Sure, when I was in elementary school… After that it was a free-for-all. DARE didn't do shit for me after that. Then it was like… I dare you to do these drugs!

The fact that I like to be in control kept me off drugs. I didn't need a program or a tshirt or a school assembly to tell me anything that alters your state of mind is not for me.

When I was in high school, I would get great pleasure out of smoking weed in my D.A.R.E. shirt.

My common sense told me that there's a 0% chance of becoming addicted to something if you never try it. So, that's why. Not because a monotoned cop rambled about it for 45 minutes every Monday while my 5th grade classmates laughed and acted like they'd tried weed before.

Noooooo, our school didn't do the DARE program until 8th grade and it just made want to try them🤷🏻♀️ within the next 6 months was the first time I smoked weed and I continued that for years.

I never did drugs but I equate that more to seeking a better life for myself and my children than to DARE. I have also seen first hand how drugs can destroy someone and never wanted that for myself.

My school didn't have D.A.R.E and I've never done drugs ✌🏻 I wanted to be a teacher so I have taken many drug classes and have never wanted to put such horrible things in my body.

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If in the USA, did D.A.R.E keep you off drugs?

Vo • Mon, Apr 17

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