News (Media Awareness Project) - New Zealand: DARE In Crisis |
| Title: | New Zealand: DARE In Crisis |
| Published On: | 2001-03-01 |
| Source: | Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-26 22:48:50 |
DARE IN CRISIS
Wellington: A scheme aimed at keeping youngsters off drugs is in financial
crisis at a time when statistics show more schoolchildren are smoking
cannabis.
The police drug education programme in schools, Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (Dare), would fold within a year if it did not get more
money soon, chief executive Graham Gibbs said.
Police education officers who taught the programme in schools were
funded by New Zealand Police but Dare supplied all materials to
schools and needed an extra $500,000 to survive long-term, Mr Gibbs
said.
Dare began in New Zealand in 1989. It now runs five different
programmes, including one in Maori and one that provides support for
parents.
Wellington: A scheme aimed at keeping youngsters off drugs is in financial
crisis at a time when statistics show more schoolchildren are smoking
cannabis.
The police drug education programme in schools, Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (Dare), would fold within a year if it did not get more
money soon, chief executive Graham Gibbs said.
Police education officers who taught the programme in schools were
funded by New Zealand Police but Dare supplied all materials to
schools and needed an extra $500,000 to survive long-term, Mr Gibbs
said.
Dare began in New Zealand in 1989. It now runs five different
programmes, including one in Maori and one that provides support for
parents.
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