DARE: Drug Abuse Resistance Education – A program that says “Resist drugs and violence!”

OFFICE OF AG SCHNEIDERMAN UNVEILS YEAR-END REVIEW

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The law provides health care practitioners and pharmacists with centralized information to avoid over-prescribing, help shut down prescription drug trafficking, as well as identify and treat patients who seek to abuse prescription drugs. Governor Cuomo …
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2012: A look back at the last year

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Sophie Tweed-Simmons – along with her parents Gene Simmons (of the rock band KISS) and actress Shannon Tweed – cut the ribbon to the new Sophie's Place, a resource centre for abused kids located at The Centre for Child Development building in Surrey …
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Hooked on opiates: DARE out, former addicts in to fight use in schools

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Long a staple in the fight, Drug Abuse Resistance Education officers like Connell's father have all but disappeared from metro schools because of funding cuts and questions about DARE's effectiveness. In their place are more continuous and holistic …
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