Acronym for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, an inherently flawed program which attempts to deter drug abuse by introducing America's children to them at a ridiculously young age. Based on the same backwards philosophy as
sex education: that exposure to a very confusing and obscure concept at a young age will somehow prevent future curiosity in the child/teenager.
Also an acronym for Drugs Are
Really Expensive: a much more practical and realistic
anti-drug philosophy.
DARE introduces children to drugs at a young age.
"Let's focus our discussion first on Mary-jah-uana,
m'kay? Mary-jah-uana has a very distinct smell, m'kay? I'm gonna
pass around just a little tiny bit and I want you all to take a smell so you know when someone is smoking Mary-jah-uana near you..."