D.A.R.E. America Tries to Shut Down NJ Chapter
At issue is a D.A.R.E. New Jersey drug education program for elementary schoolers that the national parent company says it did not sanction.
The New Jersey Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program won a preliminary court injunction barring national parent company, D.A.R.E. America, from revoking its charter over a disputed education program. The preliminary injunction prevents the California-based nonprofit from revoking the charter of the New Jersey chapter New Jersey group or preventing the state group from using the D.A.R.E. name. “We are very pleased with the swift action and favorable decision made by the courts to address this poignant matter,” said Nicholas DeMauro, chairman and CEO of D.A.R.E. New Jersey. D.A.R.E. is a series of classroom lessons about drug abuse prevention taught to school children by local police officers. Instructors are required to …
Tamara Winfrey
10:35 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
I don't understand why we should bother ourselves over any of this when we're going to put marijuana dispensaries on every corner. more ›