The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are known worldwide for their perfectly matched red uniforms and shining black horses. Dureau and other constables visited the school in the Plano Independent School District during the morning and rode in a Thursday afternoon show at the State Fair of Texas. As the mounties tour five additional cities this year, they will be making stops at dozens of elementary schools, including more than ten in North Texas. In Canada, drug awareness programs start at a much earlier age. The number of incidents involving young people and drugs is lower per capita there.
Many experts say no age is too young to talk about drugs.
In Texas, however, there is disagreement about the proper age to tell children about illegal drugs and the troubles they bring. Some parents believe providing too much information to young children creates more curiosity, which then leads to experimentation before they would normally be exposed to illegal drugs. Some children at Mitchell Elementary say talk about drug abuse can scare younger children, but Wyatt Downey said he thinks he's old enough to handle it as a 5th grader. I'm still a little worried about it. I know I'll do okay.