The Drug Policy Foundation (4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC) is a not-for-profit organization established to stimulate debate about drug policy in the United States and to oppose the current "war on drugs" approach. It favors...

The term alcohol-drug interaction refers to the possibility that alcohol may alter the intensity of the pharmacological effect of a drug, so that the overall actions of the combination of alcohol plus drug are additive, potentiated, or antagonistic....

Drug Abuse Resistance Education, better known as DARE or D.A.R.E., is an international education program that seeks to prevent use of illegal drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. DARE, which has expanded globally since its founding in 1983,...

Bayliner Marine has teamed up with D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) by donating special-edition boats to D.A.R.E. agencies across the country in support of the world's best-known, most-effective anti-drug program. Established in 1983 as a unique collaboration between the Los Angeles Police Department...

As coach of his 11-year-old son's house-league hockey team, David Hoffman of Hornepayne, Ont., is used to hearing the odd bawdy comment in the locker room, even from players so young. What he was not prepared for, however, was a recent outburst of...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:Aug. 18The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., on the Jose Padilla trial:The conviction ... of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants was as much a victory for civil libertarians as for the war on terror. The guilty...

DARE has taught me a lot about how to resist drugs, alcohol, and peer pressure. These are choices that all of us will face sometime in our lives. Drugs can affect our brain and bodies horribly they can even kill us.

The DARE program has taught me a lot about resisting peer pressure, drugs, and making good choices. DARE has taught me about drugs and how they are bad for your body so that I will not do drugs. I learned that you shouldn't do drugs because you can die from them and they mess up your brain and body. Also to stay healthy and say no if somebody asks me to do drugs and what I should do. I feel the DARE is an enjoyable and fun program that is also very useful throughout and life and I think every school should

The D.A.R.E. program has taught me different skills to help me make healthy choices and to say no to drugs.