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Falklands Students Dare a NO to Drugs, Drink and Tobacco 

Year 6 Students in the Falklands have received their DARE Certificates.
Jump to full article: South Atlantic Remote Territories Media Association (SARTMA) (fk), 2006-08-07
Author: Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 07.08.2006

Intro:

A DARE Graduation took place at the Infant/Junior School on Thursday, 03 August 2006.  In his introduction Sergeant Dave Roberts of the Royal Falkland Islands Police said that the DARE programme in the Falkland Islands has been going for eight years now and that nearly 400 students in Year 6 have received their DARE Certificates.  During that eight years the course had been adjusted to reflect the problems that young people were facing today.  He emphasised that DARE was not anti-alcohol but he did say that as adults these students needed to know how to drink sensibly.  However, he said that DARE WAS anti- smoking and anti drugs. 

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