One of the problems with Euphemismistic names like Life-Skills-Training is that you never know whether it is some sort of cooky brainwashing activity or cult, or a relatively beneign anti-drug edu-propoganda class.
DARE has been under the micro-scope for some time. It has been well established it does not work, and it has become a high profit enterprise for the group of police officers who started it. It does not make distinctions between marijuana and more dangerous drugs, and its abstinence only scare tactic approach backfires after the kids begin to think for themselves and try a few puffs of pot and then wonder if DARE lied about the dangers of all the drugs.
The other problem with DARE is that it has cops giving out medical information, which most kids can see just does not make much sense. Finally there have been numerous reports that kids are stigmatized when they present an opposing viewpoint to that of DARE during their so-called discussions. Kids who have been brought up to beleive that the drug war is wrong and publically humiliated.
You only have to go to a rave or a rock concert to see how many party-goers wear their DARE T-shirts while they are high as a kite.
