What is the Dover Drug Free ID Program?
The Drug
Free ID Program is a key element of the Drug Free Dover Comprehensive Substance
Abuse Prevention Program. The ID Program is the means by which the community
rewards and encourages students for choosing a lifestyle that is free of
tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Under
this program, qualified students receive a high quality tamperproof photo ID,
which is valid for three middle school years (6th, 7th and 8th grades). Card
holders may use their ID to receive discounts at a variety of businesses or to
participate in scheduled special events and activities.
How Do You Qualify to be a
Card Holder?
The ID
Program is open to middle school students in Dover that meet the following
requirements:
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Successfully completed the
full DARE Core Program.
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Completed the workbook and
related homework in the Core DARE Program.
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Completed the required DARE
essay.
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Has signed the contract
pledging to remain free of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Once
issued, the card may be taken away for any use of alcohol, tobacco or other
drugs; for misuse of the card itself; or for any serious criminal or violent
behavior.
Program Goals
It is
well known to researchers that, statistically speaking, most youths are not
using drugs. However, students often have the perception that "everyone is
doing it". One of the goals of the Drug Free ID Program is to make the non-use
of drugs a high profile activity, and at the same time present it as "cool",
attractive and beneficial.
Administration of the Drug
Free ID Program
The Drug
Free ID Program is administered by the Dover Police Department, as part of the
overall Drug Free Dover Program. The camera and related equipment were
purchased in 1992 with $3,000 that was forfeited by the courts to the Dover
Police Department from a convicted drug dealer. Additional funding for the
initial supplies and materials needed to start up the program was came through a
grant from the Dover Rotary Club.
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