19. D.A.R.E. Is A Small Portion Of The Just Say No Movement
During the early 1980s, a movement known as “Just Say No” started. Then First Lady Nancy Reagan started the action and decided to do most of the work. She spent her days traveling to schools throughout the United States to talk to students about saying “no” when it came to drugs.
Schools weren’t the only place Reagan went to. She also talked to recovering addicts in rehab centers and gave interviews on television about the “Just Say No” movement. While the statistics for the movement didn’t get as high as Reagan hoped, she did make other Americans realize that substance abuse is a problem.