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National D.A.R.E. Day, 2008
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
White House News
For 25 years, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) has given school
children across America an opportunity to gain the skills they need to avoid
involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. On National D.A.R.E Day, we recognize
those individuals who teach America's children how to resist peer pressure and
live productive, drug-free, and violence-free lives.
Millions of our Nation's young people have learned about the dangerous
effects of drug abuse with the help of the D.A.R.E program. Parents, law
enforcement officials, teachers, and counselors are on the front lines of this
effort and are sending our kids a clear message that drug use is dangerous and
unacceptable. In classrooms across the country, police officers are answering
students' tough questions about drugs and crime and encouraging an open line of
communication between students and law enforcement.
My Administration is committed to reducing drug use among young people, and
we are working to cut the supply of drugs coming into our country and fight
demand here at home. Additionally, we are helping spread the message of drug
prevention through the National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign and the
Partnership for a Drug-Free America. The Helping America's Youth initiative, led
by First Lady Laura Bush, is working with community leaders to address
challenges facing young people on a daily basis. These and other efforts are
helping to combat the destructive cycle of drug addiction.
All Americans have a responsibility to encourage others to turn away from
drug abuse and to make good choices in life. During National D.A.R.E Day, we
renew our commitment to providing our youth the knowledge and encouragement they
need to resist the pressures that can lead them to experiment with drugs and
violent activities. By working together, we can help our children build lives of
purpose and strengthen our communities, one heart and one soul at a time.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim April 10, 2008, as National D.A.R.E. Day. I
urge all young people to make right choices and call upon all Americans to
recognize our collective responsibility to combat every form of drug abuse and
to support all those who work to help our children avoid drug use and violence.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of April, in
the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-second.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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