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The Numbers Millions of children will benefit this year from the DARE program 220 new communities started D.A.R.E. in last three years 75% of USA school districts and 43 countries teach D.A.R.E. 10,000+ communities using D.A.R.E. 75,000+ D.A.R.E. officers trained/certified throughout USA $12 per child from K through 12 for all educational materials (as a non-profit D.A.R.E. is the most affordable program available) The Program Curriculum developed by educators, taught by trained officers Focuses on responsibility, resisting peer pressure Implementation is community decision Elementary, middle, high school, after-school, parental components Training mandatory for instructors before they enter the classroom New science-based curricula from top researchers —Research and principle based content —Authentic activities —Active learning principles and “best teaching” practices —Complex reasoning and decision-making —Officers as facilitators not lecturers The Science D.A.R.E. has a Scientific Advisory Board led by Dr. Herb Kleber, Columbia University NIDA issued Research Based Guide identifying standards for prevention programs, publication proposed checklist of research-based prevention principles—D.A.R.E. was only program to satisfy all eight categories . Study recently published in the *Journal of the National Medical Association* demonstrates that the D.A.R.E. curriculum is highly effective in prevention of smoking. Students that completed the D.A.R.E. program were five times less likely to start smoking compared to youngsters who did not participate in D.A.R.E.

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