I remember they taught us once about how if someone makes you hold something for you you can still be an accessory to the crime. Now I forget if that was a DARE thing or a regular police guy giving a talk for some reason.
We had two concerts thrown by DARE. One was in the gym and the other was in a big field. They played "everyone do the dinosaur" but no one did the dance. I still dunno how the dance goes.
Open the door, get on the floor Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Damn, if I knew how to make gifs I'd be on that shit. I'm pretty sure I practiced the BOOM BOOM ACKA-LACKA-LACKA BOOM, BOOM BOOM ACKA-LACKA BOOM BOOM in my living room plenty of times.
Now I'm feeling old. That was a hella long time ago.
DARE taught me that hallucinogens like LSD work by making your brain bleed.
When I told my H (who'd tripped a couple times), he was like "what the fuck. No." I was very annoyed when google proved him right. Thanks, DARE.
Lol! Yes, that's a big problem with DARE and other prevention programs. Once a kid learns that a little pot won't actually kill you (and hey, actually feels kinda good!), the credibility of the messages they learned goes out the window. If DARE lied to me about pot, what else did they lie about?
I have some stories to share, but I'm scared because you guys don't really know me. LOL
I was the M.C. of our DARE graduation and was one of those super anti-drug and alcohol kids, and my dad was a huge stoner. I was super annoying and questioned my mom about it and was constantly looking for "evidence". He was probably stoned at the ceremony. I did grow out of that.
I also have a really embarrassing story about the handbook we had to fill out. There was a section where you had to fill out a license plate with a personalized license. I have no imagination, seriously, none. But, I came up with what I thought was a great idea... IH8PIGS. I swear to God I had no idea what this meant, I was 9! I thought pigs were gross. That is all. The officer came up and looked a little confused and said "The animal or people?" and I said, all wide-eyed "The animal." No idea why he would question it. I told my mother about it later because I thought it was odd that he asked me about it and she flipped out and told me what it meant. Seriously one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. I still want to contact that officer and tell him I didn't know.
LOL!! This is hysterical. This is kind of like the time my mom bought me an Aussie Tshirt when I was 13 or so (remember those?) It was a snowboarding shirt with a gigantic marijauna leaf on the front . She thought it was the maple leaf in the Canadian flag. My dad was told her what it was and she went in the Aussie store and ripped the poor employees a new one for selling shirts glorifying drugs.
Post by notsocreepylurker on Apr 18, 2014 9:33:40 GMT -5
All I remember from DARE was I got to meet (who I thought was) Hulk Hogan (this was the 80s). I was SOOOOOOO excited to meet him. Years later I realized it was an impersonator and I felt so betrayed.
However, I've never done drugs. Not because of DARE, but because I am scared of the side effects/jail. OH and I didn't want my brain fried like the egg in those commercials on TV.
Now that I think about it, I think those After School Specials might have helped keep me off drugs too. I remember one where a girl took something and jumped out a window or something and died.
Did anyone else have to watch the video where the young girl and the two young boys all tried pot?
The young girl immediately became a hard drug addict, raided her parents' medicine cabinet, and died of a pill overdose on their bed. One young boy smoked a pipe in the bathroom and immediately dropped dead because he had a previously unknown heart condition. The other boy became an addict and was shot to death by a dealer.
The story was narrated while they were sitting on a cloud in heaven wearing white angel robes and Air Jordans.
The boy having the immediate heart attack scared me shitless.
I think my brother might be the only person DARE worked on. He FLIPPED out when I told him our parents smoke mj (this was right during his dare course) and cried like a baby. And is still super anti drugs.
Post by cherryvalance on Apr 18, 2014 13:27:16 GMT -5
Our DARE officer told us a story about a kid who took poison ivy and chopped it up, trying to pass it off as weed. A kid smoked it and had poison ivy in his lungs. As a kid, it terrified me. As an adult, I question the logistics of this "weed" sale.
The only other thing I remember is they took us to an NBA game once. And the neon colored pencils/bumperstickers/etc.
Our DARE officer told us a story about a kid who took poison ivy and chopped it up, trying to pass it off as weed. A kid smoked it and had poison ivy in his lungs. As a kid, it terrified me. As an adult, I question the logistics of this "weed" sale.
The only other thing I remember is they took us to an NBA game once. And the neon colored pencils/bumperstickers/etc.
Our DARE officer told us a story about a kid who took poison ivy and chopped it up, trying to pass it off as weed. A kid smoked it and had poison ivy in his lungs. As a kid, it terrified me. As an adult, I question the logistics of this "weed" sale.
The only other thing I remember is they took us to an NBA game once. And the neon colored pencils/bumperstickers/etc.
Right. That's ri-goddamn-diculous.
All I could picture was trying to scratch inside my lungs. I had some pretty horrifying mental images after hearing his "story."
Now that I think about it, most DARE stuff was like the sex ed class in Mean Girls. Try this and you WILL die.
This entire thread gave me the giggles on an afternoon that is seemingly endless.
I don't remember Regina OD'ing (I have to google that now...) and smoking poison ivy is hilarious.
I took DARE when my older brother was in highschool and lived and breathed hair metal and Circus magazine. I remember arguing with the people teaching it that the guys in Motley Crue haven't OD'd and Slash is alive and a multi-millionare.
Our DARE officer told us a story about a kid who took poison ivy and chopped it up, trying to pass it off as weed. A kid smoked it and had poison ivy in his lungs. As a kid, it terrified me. As an adult, I question the logistics of this "weed" sale.
The only other thing I remember is they took us to an NBA game once. And the neon colored pencils/bumperstickers/etc.
We had a bonfire one year and someone accidentally threw some poison ivy in the fire. I don't think anyone actually got it in their lungs, but a few people had really bad reactions on their faces.
Dare wasn't at my school, but I still have a funny story.
My college boyfriend was a drummer, stoner, all around experimenter.
He was in a band with a few people from various local schools. Dare had them perform the anti drug songs at assemblies. Not a single band member was ever sober at these events. The bass guitarist tripped balls at least weekly at school.
They all still wear their dare shirts proudly.
My school was smarter. For anti DUI they brought in a trauma surgeon (a parent) who showed his personal collection of horrific crash images. They brought in a urologist (also a parent) to show sti nastiness. I think I'm still scarred.
The only anti drug talk I remember was a woman with facial disfigurement from thinking LSD gives you the power to fly. They also talked to us in small group so maybe that made it more effective?
This is what I'm afraid my kid would do to anyone trying to talk about the DARE program at school.
Not because she knows ANYTHING about drugs (she doesn't... except that cigarettes give you cancer and too much beer makes your breath smell like vomit and makes it hard for you to drive). But because she is ornery enough to pull this shit:
This is what I'm afraid my kid would do to anyone trying to talk about the DARE program at school.
Not because she knows ANYTHING about drugs (she doesn't... except that cigarettes give you cancer and too much beer makes your breath smell like vomit and makes it hard for you to drive). But because she is ornery enough to pull this shit:
This is what I'm afraid my kid would do to anyone trying to talk about the DARE program at school.
Not because she knows ANYTHING about drugs (she doesn't... except that cigarettes give you cancer and too much beer makes your breath smell like vomit and makes it hard for you to drive). But because she is ornery enough to pull this shit: