Thirty-one Winston students are taking the D.A.R.E. pledge to stay off drugs as they graduate from the elementary 10-week D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program on Feb. 23 in the Winston School Cafeteria.
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Under the direction of Gallatin Police Chief and D.A.R.E. Instructor Christopher “Mark” Richards, these students have learned the skills they need to avoid drugs, alcohol and violence. The classes include extensive role-playing with officers on practical ways to resist pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol, and join gangs.
D.A.R.E. lessons focus on four major areas: providing accurate information about alcohol and drugs, teaching students decision-making skills, showing them how to resist peer pressure, and giving them ideas for alternatives to drug use and violence.
D.A.R.E. began in 1983. It is now taught in more than 300,000 classrooms in 50 states and 53 countries around the world.