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article reports results 5year longitudinal evaluation effectiveness drug abuse resistance education dare schoolbased primary drug prevention curriculum designed introduction last year elementary education dare widely disseminated schoolbased prevention curriculum united states twentythree elementary schools randomly assigned receive dare 8 designated comparison schools students dare schools received 16 weeks protocoldriven instruction students comparison schools received drug education unit part health curriculum students pretested 6th grade prior delivery programs posttested shortly completion resurveyed subsequent year 10th grade threestage mixed effects regression models used analyze data significant differences observed intervention comparison schools respect cigarette alcohol marijuana use 7th grade approximately 1 year completion program full 5year measurement interval significant intervention effects hypothesized direction observed 7th grade measures students general specific attitudes toward drugs capability resist peer pressure estimated level drug use peers full measurement interval however average trajectories change outcomes similar intervention comparison conditions findings 5year prospective study largely consonant results obtained prior shortterm evaluations dare curriculum reported limited effects program upon drug use greater efficacy respect attitudes social skills knowledge general tendency curriculum effects decay time results study underscore need robust prevention programming targeted specifically risk factors inclusion booster sessions sustain positive effects greater attention interrelationships developmental processes adolescent substance use individual level characteristics social context