Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Let's say I went through school and then was really bad at math. Would I then want schools to not teach math?
no, you would want them to adopt a math program which has proven to be effective.
DARE has empirically been proven to have at best no effect and at worse has seen an increase in drug use.
If you want a good piece on the subject, I strongly suggest this.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... esnt-work/Quote:
... A large U.S. survey conducted in 2012 by psychologist Lloyd D. Johnston and his colleagues at the University of Michigan revealed that fully 24 percent of 12th graders had engaged in binge drinking (defined as five or more drinks on one occasion) in the past two weeks. ...
Five belts in a night is a binge?!?
Hell... that's just getting warmed up during post season baseball action.