The Second Annual D.A.R.E. to Care Day was a big success. Just go take a look. Drug Abuse Resistance Education Drug use is a preventable behavior.
Drug addiction is a treatable disease.
The Sheriff s Office started the D.A.R.E. program using detectives in a collateral duty status which involved all public elementary schools in Beaufort County in 1990. To keep up with the ever increasing demand for the program in 1995, the Sheriff s Office assigned three full-time D.A.R.E. officers to the program. The D.A.R.E. program encompasses all the public schools, and four private schools in Beaufort County. The D.A.R.E. Officer teaches an intense seventeen week long curriculum on peer pressure, self-esteem, assertiveness, violence reduction, saying no to drugs, and positive attitudes. The D.A.R.E. program does not use scare tactics, instead children are taught how to make responsible decisions on their own.