Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The formal program DARE isn't offered in the smallest communities. The resources aren't there to do it, but, when the RCMP visits schools, and they often visit schools on community visits, they take the opportunity to talk to young people about making the right choices. That is certainly something that comes up. It is not a formal program, but it is something that is discussed. The other thing is that the school curriculum itself includes dealing with making the right choices starting as early as kindergarten. Kindergarten and Grade 1 is entirely focused on just that: making healthy choices. In grades 2 to 9, it gets stronger in the message. That is also where young people are exposed to the dangers of drugs. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 549-15(3): Expansion Of Rcmp Dare Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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