26. The D.A.R.E. Program Is Expensive
No program that sets out to try to stop children from using drugs is cheap, and D.A.R.E. is no exception. While it didn’t cost as much when it first started, the more schools decided to include D.A.R.E. in their curriculum, the more expensive the program became.
DARE costs up to $270 per student, and once the costs of the police educators have been added in, the total national costs are estimated to be between 1.04 – 1.4 billion USD per year. Police educated in the D.A.R.E. program receive specialized training through classes.