DARE To Tell the Truth About Drugs

How, as a teen, dishonest anti-drug messaging eroded my respect for authority

Today we are discussing the DARE program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), which was a widely implemented, drug war motivated, direct propaganda dump into the brains of an entire generation. Just thinking about having to suffer through this ritualized annual nonsense in both middle school and high school is enough to make me want to reach for the bong,…