The Truth About D.A.R.E. with Fumi Abe and Jon Gabrus | 57

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the 80s and 90s, the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program sent police officers into schools to teach kids to stay off drugs. D.A.R.E.'s cringey curriculum was taught in schools all over the U.S., spawning lame PSAs, a whole bunch of weird merchandise, and maybe some light childhood trauma. There was just one problem… D.A.R.E. didn’t actually work. It did, however, cost taxpayers millions of dollars and miseducated a whole generation of kids.

Jon Gabrus (High and Mighty, The Action Boyz) and Fumi Abe (The Tonight Show) join Misha to just say no… to D.A.R.E.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad-free.
0:05.3	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:18.5	10-year-oldtimmie has just returned to his suburban home after a long day at school.
0:25.2	He's ready to snack on some fruit by the foot and watch some Captain Planet before doing his homework.
0:32.5	But as he comes into his living room, he sees his parents.
0:37.6	What are they doing home from work so early?
0:40.5	What's with the guilty look on their faces?
0:43.6	And why does the room smell so funny?
0:48.3	Timmy's parents crack a window, fan the air, and hoping Timmy won't notice,
0:53.6	quickly hide a small bag containing a green,
0:56.4	herbal-looking substance behind some books on the bookshelf.
1:01.3	But Timmy did notice, and he knows exactly what his parents hid back there.
1:07.2	It's pot! Fortunately, today, Timmy had a class in school that taught him exactly what to do in a situation like this.
1:18.6	He's going to call the police on his parents.
1:22.6	While his parents are in the other room getting out that box of fruit by the foot,
1:28.0	Timmy picks up the phone and dials 911.
1:32.3	The operator connects Timmy to the cops, who will be on their way soon to bust his parents.
1:38.9	And it's all because of a school program that was supposed to help kids make good decisions,
1:43.6	but wound up being largely ineffective,
1:46.6	and also a huge waste of money.
1:50.7	Timmy couldn't be more happy to put his education into action.
1:55.9	As he waits on the phone for the police to arrive and bust his parents,
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