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DARE controversy?
Replies: 36Last Post May 8 9:48pm by Micus
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Quote: from UXnIHAOnUXbmUXn at 6:44 pm on May 7, 2008

did you know that Go Ask Alice was actually propganda / a lie as well? it's neither a true story nor a diary. it was written by some old mormon lady named Beatrice Sparks who writes stories that scare kids out of doing anything risky with their lives.

Yep, that's one of the reasons I'm comparing it to "Perks of Being a Wallflower"--both books are supposedly "Based on a True Story".

Perks of Being a Wallflower was at least distantly based on a correspondence with an actual teenager, as opposed to Go Ask Alice, which pretty much made it all up.

The thesis statement is pretty much trying to prove that society's changing view on drugs, as evidenced in the books Go Ask Alice (1969) and Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), contributes to recent increased levels in suburban drug use.


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DARE among other anti-drug programs have already been prooven to not work and actually cause drug use. Which is why DARES funding has gone down.

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I think most people would agree that drug use shouldn't be happening with 5th graders in the first place, but if they were to be educated about it, it would be actual facts, not lies to scare them out of it.
But then again, I'm not sure about statistics and all, maybe lying does help. =/

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I never experienced DARE thank god due to private schooling. I was able to form my own opinions on drugs and such based on science.

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lol, dare

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Quote: from Death of rats at 12:29 pm on May 7, 2008

I find programs like DARE pretty much useless and, more annoyingly, blatantly full of propaganda.

Whenever I see anything they're doing, I get a sudden urge to try meth.


HAHA no kidding. I hate seeing those stands in front of grocery stores, makes me want to take a few pills in front of them.

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I didn't even really know drugs were a thing until D.A.R.E. brought my attention to them. It increased my curiosity.

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Educators destroy your brain,
but you don't know, so why care?

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