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project dare drug abuse resistance education widely used schoolbased drug use prevention program united states findings rigorous evaluations effectiveness considered collectivelywe used metaanalytic techniques review eight methodologically rigorous dare evaluations weighted effect size means several shortterm outcomes also compared means reported drug use prevention programsthe dare effect size drug use behavior ranged 00 11 across eight studies weighted mean drug use across studies 06 outcomes considered dare effect size means substantially smaller programs emphasizing social general competencies using interactive teaching strategiesdares shortterm effectiveness reducing preventing drug use behavior small less interactive prevention programs