ECMS students study decision-making with D.A.R.E.
Special to Atmore News Facing unparalleled drug abuse among youth in the 1970s and early 1980s, visionary Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1983 launched an unprecedented and innovative substance abuse prevention education program – Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) With each passing year, D.A.R.E.’s success was seen in classrooms and homes, leading to rapid growth and expansion. As each decade passed…