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Healey says she'll hold off on DARE funding 

Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey said yesterday she would not recommend resurrecting state funding for the DARE program until a nationwide study is complete several years from now, adding that she would like to see more cooperation between schools and law enforcement in the meantime. . . .

Healey said DARE has provided positive contact between police and schools and reduced teenage smoking. But the administration is more likely to fund tobacco-prevention programs, which have faced budget cuts, she said.

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