Proclamation 5854 --
National D.A.R.E. Day, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Avoidance
of illegal drug use and alcohol abuse must be emphasized early and often to
children and young people. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a
program specifically designed to reach children. It is currently provided in 35
States and is taught by veteran police officers who have direct experience with
criminals and victims of drug abuse.
D.A.R.E.
is concerned with children from kindergarten through junior high school and
with their parents. It offers information and wise counsel on resisting peer pressure
and avoiding illegal drug use and alcohol abuse. Police officers, experienced
in the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, are trained to help students
recognize the risks of drugs and to learn strategies for handling stress
without resorting to dangerous substances.
D.A.R.E.
instruction programs have already touched the lives of more than a million and
a half students and contributed to improved study habits, better grades, and
greater respect for authority. In short, this positive program of drug abuse
prevention is effective.
In
recognition of this successful program, the Congress, by Senate Joint
Resolution 295, has designated
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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