Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

[Tgo01]

I came back to my desk and saw a female co-worker going through my phone.

I stood behind her for a moment and when she was about to go through my texts I interrupted her. Yeah. I'm a little creeped out and annoyed.

Are you sure this shit is really happening? You're not taking any drugs are you?

[Reliel]

Positive. I haven't done drugs since D.A.R.E told me that they were really bad for me.

[Gweneivia]

Positive. I haven't done drugs since D.A.R.E told me that they were really bad for me.

"Another study, performed at the University of Illinois, suggests some high school seniors who'd been in DARE classes were more likely to use drugs than their non-DARE peers."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...#ixzz25Q7N7xTk

DARE is a huge failure. I realize you were being funny but DARE cracks me up.

[Tgo01]

"Surprisingly," the article states, "DARE status in the sixth grade was negatively related to self-esteem at age 20, indicating that individuals who were exposed to DARE in the sixth grade had lower levels of self-esteem 10 years later."

This doesn't even make sense. What about the DARE program would give people lower self-esteem 10 years later?

[subzero]

DARE is a huge failure. I realize you were being funny but DARE cracks me up.

The entire 'war on drugs' is a failure.

[Warriorbird]

This doesn't even make sense. What about the DARE program would give people lower self-esteem 10 years later?

My former DARE officer going to jail for oxy and meth?

[Reliel]

Sounds like a legit reason to do drugs.

[Tgo01]

My former DARE officer going to jail for oxy and meth?

You have lower self esteem because of that? :/

[Reliel]

You have lower self esteem because of that? :/

A lot of people idolize the DARE and big-brother/sister people and when they get caught doing something illegal or wrong (something they probably lectured you about) it's a huge blow. Or so I'm told.

[Tgo01]

A lot of people idolize the DARE and big-brother/sister people and when they get caught doing something illegal or wrong (something they probably lectured you about) it's a huge blow. Or so I'm told.

We can't have it both ways. We can't say that kids idolize the DARE instructors to the point where if they get caught doing something illegal it causes the kids to have low self esteem then at the same time say the DARE program actually increases drug use among members of the program. If they idolized them so much it should make them want to take the anti drug message to heart right?

My goodness, what is this the war on the war on drugs?