From: verdant@twain.ucs.umass.edu (Sol Lightman) Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs,alt.drugs,misc.education Subject: REAL DRUG EDUCATION Date: 21 Oct 1993 04:43:03 GMT Message-ID: <2a540n$fkj@nic.umass.edu> As a demonstration of the pap foisted off on the American public as ``Drug Education'' by the failed D.A.R.E. program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), I am posting these ``poems'' taken from the D.A.R.E. curriculum and officer's training guide Copies of the D.A.R.E. material are available if you are willing to cover copy and delivery costs ($26.29 in U.S.) I encourage activists and educators to obtain copies of these curriculums for use in arguing against this waste of our public resources, and danger to our free minds. --- The DARE song... lyrics by M. Wagman .... music by J. A. Tartaglia The world's a different place Where life's become a race And unlike the world of past Our kids grow up too fast `Cause what they see in store Is threats of bombs and war And that deadly game they're taught That happiness is bought So the children of today Have no time for child's play And they feel they're alone Even strangers in their home So to hide their pain and tears They destroy their youthful years Giving up love and hugs And escaping into drugs And if we say we won't help Because the problem isn't mine Then it's more than just a shame Our lack of caring is a crime ... so {chorus} Dare to keep a kid off drugs Dare to keep a kid off dope Dare to give a kid some help Dare to give a kid some hope Help us Another DARE song Today, while we're still young Before we know the score We're caught up in a battle We're victims of a war Life gets so confusing Can't tell heroes from the thugs When our musicians and physicians And our atheletes fall to drugs The choices that we have to make Aren't what our parents had Not like TV, life's hard to tell The good guys from the bad Starting now let's take a stand And help each other out Let's learn the ways of saying "no" That's what D.A.R.E.'s about We dare ... to keep off drugs We dare ... to just say "no" We dare to make this pledge And let our minds and bodies grow Wanna sneak some beer? (kids) Just stand clear! Wanna smoke some dope? (kids) Just say "nope" Wanna take a hit? (kids) No thanks, I gotta split DARE tells us so It's our right to say "no" Wanna try some crack? (kids) no way Jack! Got some uppers you might like... (kids) take a hike! Do you wanna get high? (kids) walk on by! DARE tells us so. It's our right to say "no" Wanna pop a lude? (kids) No Way, Dude! Wanna snort a line? (kids) no thanks, I'm fine! PCP will thrill you (kids) man that stuff can kill you! DARE tells us so It's our right to say "no" Brian -- The University of Massachusetts at Amherst | _________,^-. Cannabis Reform Coalition ( | ) ,> S.A.O. Box #2 \|/ { 415 Student Union Building `-^-' ? ) UMASS, Amherst MA 01003 verdant@twain.ucs.umass.edu |____________ `--~ ; \_,-__/ * To find out about our on-line library, mail a message with the * pattern "{{{readme}}}" contained IN THE SUBJECT LINE. * You will be mailed instructions; your message will be otherwise ignored