D. A. R. E. FIGHTING LOSING BATTLE

I'm writing about Dave Parson's commentary on DARE (Tribune, Feb 14,
2010.

Common sense tells us that prohibiting a product should substantially
reduce the use of the product that's prohibited. Actually, prohibition
tends to substantially increase the desire for the product that's prohibited.

Before marijuana was criminalized in the U. S. the vast majority of
Americans had never heard of marijuana. Now everybody in the U. S.
knows what marijuana is and the U. S. government estimates that at
least 100 million Americans have used it. About half of all high
school students will use marijuana before they graduate.

People want what they are told they cannot have--especially children.
The lure of the "forbidden fruit" is very powerful.

KIRK MUSE

Mesa