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Does it Work? Katherine Kersten presents a good argument in her article entitled “Drug Education Does Not Discourage Adolescent Drug Abuse.” Throughout her article she discusses the ineffectiveness of the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. The D.A.R.E. program consists of a lesson each week for 17 consecutive weeks. The program is designed to help adolescents steer clear of drugs and alcohol. Kersten maintains the audiences’ attention by placing facts of the ineffectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program throughout the course of her article. The first appearance of these facts of ineffectiveness of D.A.R.E. is found on page 58 of her argument where her son implies that he, a student of the D.A.R.E. program, does no