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| | Students get a 'Heads-up' on grim reality of drug use (phillyBurbs.com) | Intelligencer |
 | | Initially focused on marijuana and other drugs, DARE in recent years has tried to warn children about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, inhalants and other gateway drugs, according to Lower Makefield police DARE officer Detective Brian Omlor. |
 | | DARE's long-range effectiveness has been questioned by some experts, and some local districts have dropped it - but police and educators say the reasons are less money for prevention and more demands on police resources since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. |
 | | Instead, the chief moved Cpl. Carol Battistini, Warminster's DARE officer in Centennial's elementary schools, to the William Tennent High School, where she is the school resource officer. |
| www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/113-03042004-258143.html (1255 words) |
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