Youth Illicit Drug Use Prevention: DARE Long-Term Evaluations and Federal Efforts to Identify Effective Programs

GAO-03-172R Published: Jan 15, 2003. Publicly Released: Jan 15, 2003.

Highlights

This report contains information on (1) the results of evaluations on the long-term effectiveness of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (DARE) elementary school curriculum in preventing illicit drug use among children and (2) federal efforts to identify programs that are effective in preventing illicit drug use among children.

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Controlled substancesSubstance abuseDrugsEducation program evaluationProgram evaluationSchoolsStudentsYouthDrug abuse preventionSubstance abuse