... the individual and organizational stakeholders with important ties to DARE. For individual police officers who have grown weary of the streets, burglary detecting, or vice, DARE provides a pleasant alternative that permits and encourages development of strong ties with children. For stakeholders organizations such as local school boards and sponsoring corporations, DARE is tangible proof that each is doing something ... 1994). And in 1992, Carol Roth conducted a study of 312 rural students in Wisconsin. She found that, when comparing the results with 222 non-DARE students in the same sch...

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... that required a more hash attitude. Two programs being introduced are the Parents Drug Corps and the safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program. Parent's Drug Corps focuses on teaching parents how to teach their kids about drugs. Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program aims at backing up what parents are supposed to have taught their kids. The two programs together kind ... provided controlled dosages of their drugs at clinics and many of the addicts were able to kick their drug addiction (UUA 2). Lastly our government needs to speak up about these alternative issues. Our poli...

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... a claim. There have also been programs such as D.A.R.E. (Drug abuse resistance education) witch have been taught in both public and private schools. Warnings and effects are seen in the media, on newspapers, magazines, and journals and on Television. Three alternative solutions for this problem can be considered. Teens can help teens their same age. There can also be much more help towards ... )." This is sliding by as no big deal, which is part of today's ignorance. There should also be more law enforcement. It's no crime to have random drug tests at schools or at the work place. Office...

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... will again flourish. In the forward section of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1992 yearbook of agriculture, it states: "it's important for America to lead in the research and development of alternative uses for agricultural products." Hemp meets all standards developed for being considered as a source of fuel. Through the process of hydrolysis, a plant's cellulose can be converted to ethanol. Corn is ... drug use, and there are several theories that suggest prohibition might actually increase drug use. One unintended effect of marijuana prohibition is that marijuana is very popula...

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... the children will act. "Fighting, taunting ,and trash-talking among the pro and college players, shown repeatedly on television, lead to similar actions in football, basketball and baseball in high schools" (Wilstein B1). It seems as though there has been a lot of negative examples in sports world lately. One of the negative examples was published in the December 23rd issue of ... has a definite hierarchy, with established leaders, roles, and responsibilities. The problem is that a gang life usually leads to a long prison sentence or an early grave"(Athletes Against). Sports is one alte...

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... change was their location. Results proved that intended activity was not stopped, it just occurred somewhere else. The weekend Limelight closed, I spent time at each of the other three main alternative Manhattan nightclubs. After years of attending Limelight, as well as these other clubs, I felt knowledgeable enough to determine what the results of Limelight's close were. I observed change in people's attitudes ... peer pressure and the need for acceptance all contribute to their drug use. These reasons do not exist solely within the confines of nightclubs, rather they are present every...

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Use federal tax dollars to fund these therapeutic communities in prisons. I feel that if we teach these prisoners some self-control and alternative lifestyles that we can keep them from reentering the prisons once they get out. I am also going to describe some of today's programs that have proven to be very effective. ... offenses (Siegel 1998). This is where therapeutic communities come into play. The term "therapeutic community" has been used in many different forms of treatment, including residential group homes and special schools, and different conditions, like mental illness, alcoholis...

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