CHILDREN SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY TRUTH

Editor: I'd like to add to Kirk Muse's letter, "Illegal drugs have powerful
lure, DARE program not strong enough," (Marshfield News-Herald, Aug. 3,
2004). According to nearly every North American study, including government
studies, DARE is a failure. One reason why is because even with the
revamped model, DARE lies about cannabis. When youth learns the truth, it
creates contempt.

We should protect youth by teaching the truth, at all costs.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.