You need to offer other options, said Dearborn Heights DARE officer Ed Garcia. Whether it s a sports program or an intramural program, it needs to include more than just the police. As members of the Clarkston Community Task Force for Youth, for example, parents, kids, business leaders and others in the community talk monthly about ways to get kids active in the community even have rave alternative parties and limit the draw of drugs. We have a strong no use message, task force coordinator Cindy Dixon said. But a lot of parents want to tell kids to straighten up and quit doing drugs.
Kids block that out.
Other parents agreed. It s really up to the parents to do their part, said Detroit parent Jennette Williams, 23. Hi kaptinemo and everyone, You're welcome. I'm very happy to be able to help. What I've done here is an experiment.