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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 129 2007 AS DRUG ABUSE
RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) DAY IN MINNESOTA
Whereas:
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a prevention and education program that
teaches young people ways of resisting peer pressure to experiment with drugs and
alcohol; and
Whereas:
D.A.R.E. targets young people when they are most vulnerable to peer pressure, and
teaches the skills to make positive decisions, as well as resist the pressure to engage in
negative and violent behaviors; and
Whereas:
Over 25 million students have been reached worldwide and approximately 100,000
Minnesota students are touched annually; and
Whereas:
The D.A.R.E. curriculum helps students understand self-image, recognize and manage
stress without taking drugs, evaluate risk-taking behavior, resist gang pressure, apply
decision-making techniques, evaluate the consequences of the choices available to them,
discover ways to handle conflict, and learn friendship skills; and
Whereas:
The D.A.R.E. program has achieved outstanding success, teaching positive and effective
approaches to two of the most difficult problems facing our young people today — drug
abuse and violence.
NOW, THEREFORE, I TIM PAWLENTY, Governor of Minnesota, do hereby
proclaim Thursday, April 12, 2007, to be:
D.A.R.E. Day
in the State of Minnesota.
Passed and adopted this 16th day of April 2007.
ATTEST:
Mary A
# Creager, City Cl