For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 10, 2001
National D.A.R.E. Day, 2001
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
Today, we recognize Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (D.A.R.E.), the largest and most widely known substance abuse
prevention and anti-violence curriculum in America. For over 18 years,
D.A.R.E. has brought specially trained community police officers into
America's classrooms to teach children how to resist destructive peer
pressure and to live productive drug- and violence-free
lives. Every day, millions of children across the United
States participate in the instruction given in the D.A.R.E. drug
prevention curriculum.
Parents, teachers,
community leaders, law enforcement officials, and fellow students have
an important role to play in keeping our children away from illegal
drugs. Research has shown that ongoing reinforcement of drug prevention
skills at home and at school play a critical role in decreasing the
likelihood of drug use by our youth. This year, D.A.R.E. has
pledged to reach out to thousands of parents with a new parent-specific
curriculum to help them talk with their kids about drugs.
Today, we recognize D.A.R.E. as a useful
partnership between the research community, educators, law enforcement,
parents, and students, and we commend D.A.R.E. officers for their
dedicated efforts to help educate the children of America about the
importance of remaining drug- and violence-free.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President
of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby
proclaim April 12, 2001, as National D.A.R.E. Day. I call upon our
youth, parents, educators, and all people of the United States to
observe this day with appropriate activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-fifth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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