[Title 3 CFR 6984]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 1998 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Proclamation 6984 - Proclamation 6984 of April 9, 1997]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Proclamation 6984 of April 9, 1997

National D.A.R.E. Day, 1997

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Today we honor Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), the largest 
and most widely recognized substance abuse prevention and safety-
promotion curriculum in the Nation. First developed in 1983, D.A.R.E. 
has continued to improve its methods as research findings have increased 
our knowledge of effective substance abuse prevention among school-age 
youth. More than 70 percent of America's school districts have adopted 
the program, and over 8,000 cooperative partnerships between law 
enforcement agencies and school districts now exist across the country. 
By virtue of D.A.R.E.'s expansive use and national impact, this acronym 
has achieved broad name recognition in association with substance abuse 
prevention, making the D.A.R.E. officer one of the most recognizable 
symbols for community policing and prevention.
Students, parents, police officers, and school administrators have long 
been familiar with the benefits of the D.A.R.E. program, and research 
has shown that ongoing reinforcement of drug prevention skills is 
critical in decreasing the likelihood of drug use by our youth.
Today and throughout the year, let us recognize D.A.R.E. as a model of 
partnership between educators, law enforcement, parents, and students, 
and let us commend D.A.R.E. officers for their dedicated efforts to help 
educate the children of America about the importance of remaining drug 
free.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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, 1997, as 
National D.A.R.E. Day. I call upon our youth, parents, and educators, 
and all the people of the United States to observe this day with 
appropriate activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of April, 
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-seven, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
first.
                                                    WILLIAM J. CLINTON  
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