National D.A.R.E. Day, 2001

Proclamation 7425 of 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.

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