Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) PROGRAM
Police officers from the Philippine National Police (PNP) are teaching school children about drug abuse awareness as part of the revived Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program under an incorporated DARE Philippines.
DARE is a school-based drug prevention program which will train enforcers who ill be deployed to teach drug-prevention subject in selected elementary, middle and senior high school.
The sessions will cover teaching students the skills needed to recognize and resist social pressures to use drugs, lessons in providing information about drugs, teaching decision making skills and building self-esteem, among others.
The program will also increase police visibility in schools, prevent and control crimes, prevent children from the use of illegal drugs and other harmful substance, reduce violence and prevent the presence of gang members and fraternity wars in schools and to enhance the image of the whole PNP.