Children face many challenges in today's society. There are many sorts of obstacles that students must face in their everyday lives, but one of the most important is, the use of drugs. Not only our communities are faced with this problem, but communities throughout the world. To help solve one of our most plaguing problems, there have been many programs that have developed over the years to try and solve the national drug problem. Out of many drug programs, there have been two programs that have been very beneficial in shaping the families and the communities Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) and Mothers against Misuse and Abuse. The effects of a good program or the teaching of a parent can keep children off drugs. Without the help of these two programs, the communities would be losing the ever so long lasting battle with drugs and other substances.
             There are many reasons of how kids can be pressured into using and abusing drugs and alcohol. Their friends and or other groups of people pressure teens into trying a substance. They also get ideas from films, music, television, schools, gang activities, and low self-esteem. All of these pressures can lead young people to make unwise choices that can jeopardize there future and even there lives. Once a child is using, it is hard to break the habit. All of these pressures still influence the student to keep using so it makes it even harder to stop if he wants to, but there are programs to help keep children on the right path.
             The D.A.R.E. program has affected children's lives. It teaches kids what drugs are and what they do to the body before children come in contact with them. D.A.R.E. was developed by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Under the program, specially trained police officers conduct classroom lessons in order to teach children to make healthy decisions, overcome negative choices, and avoid all types...