... " from anti drug ads have proven to be ineffective to adolescents. D.A.R.E, the largest US drug resistance education programs, was also proven to be hopeless in the war on drugs. Dr. Dennis Rosenbaum, a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, completed a six-year study of D.A.R.E in 1998. The study found that "DARE had no long-term effects on a wide range of ... use illegal drugs, and after watching the ads, a 13 years old girl started smoking pot. There is evidence of a boomerang effects from all the prevention efforts. The study from Dr. Dennis also stated, "Suburban studen...

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... 12 or older has used an illicit drug at least once in their lifetimes, one of those drugs being Ecstasy. Ecstasy (a.k.a. E's, New Yorkers, White Doves, Disco Burgers, Love Doves and Dennis the Menace) was invented in 1914 as a prescription drug, used to reduce appetite and introduced in 1981 to teens in America, who started using it as a recreational drug. It is ... ...

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... is a difference between being bad and making a mistake. Works Consulted Page Ayer, William. Bernardine Dohrn. Nov. 1999 " Have we gone Over board with the Zero tolerance?" Chicago Tribune 21 Cauchon, Dennis. "Zero-tolerance policies lack Flexibility." USA Today Education News 13 Mar. 1999 Foldvary, Fred E. "The Zero tolerance Lemon Policy" The Progress Report (2001): 12 pars. 18 Oct. 2001 < http://www ... ...

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... what is right by drawing out a losing battle against drugs? If you believe strongly on this issue I ask you to go home tonight and encourage your family to vote for Dennis Kucinich, he will work hard to bring America its much needed Marijuana legalization law. Therefore I ask you to do the right thing and end a losing struggle against Marijuana, and help ... ...

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... with the rights of no other individual. The war on drugs has led to what people often refer to as the "war on drugs exception to the bill of rights." Dennis Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation was quoted as saying: "You can get away with abusing anyone's civil rights in a courtroom just by saying the magic words 'drug-related ... ...

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