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here's a full url: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-just-say-no-doesnt-work&WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook Research now shows that the D.A.R.E. model doesn't work to prevent drug abuse in youth; characteristics of programs that ARE successful are listed -- "A few clues to D.A.R.E.'s deficiencies come from psychologist Pim Cuijpers of the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction in Utrecht. In a review of 30 studies published in 2002, she attempted to pinpoint the common elements of successful programs. Cuijpers reported that the most effective ones involve substantial amounts of interaction between instructors and students."