D.A.R.E.

White Bear Lake D.A.R.E. Officers teach a ten week Drug Abuse Resistance Education curriculum to approximately four hundred 5th grade students each year.  The D.A.R.E. program teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs.  Students are also taught the D.A.R.E. Decision Making Model to assist them in problem solving and making wise decisions.