Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program in one First Class City of Laguna, Philippines

There have been numerous actions done by various governments and organizations all over the world to address the problems created by drug abuse. One of the significant interventions was the introduction of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) which aimed to promote drug education in school setting. This study aimed to evaluate the DARE Program in the first class City of Laguna, Philippines. Specifically, it determined the evaluation of the respondents to the program in terms of objectives, contents, speakers, delivery and impact; tested the significant difference on the evaluation of the DARE program when grouped along the profile variables; and recommended measures to enhance the DARE program in the City based on the results of the study. A descriptive method was used where the main tool was the self-structured survey. Respondents were the principals, teachers and police officers. Results showed that all aspects of the DARE program was rated “Very Satisfactory” which proved that: Objectives are attainable and responsive to needs; contents are comprehensive, expressed with clarity of thoughts, understandable to the young learners, technology-based ideas, with solid theoretical research-based information and most importantly aimed at producing results though positive evaluation measures; police DARE Officers were good resource speakers; program delivery is according to high standards of teaching- learning; an “excellent” remarks on impact proved that the program is highly needed by the community. Recommendations were formulated to enhance the program based on the results of the study.

Keywords –Drug Abuse, DARE Program, technology-based