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Enforceability is a foregone conclusion, and when it comes to things like this it's somewhat expected. The same can be said for pornography, drugs and alcohol a
by brodouevencode 3y ago
Enforceability is a foregone conclusion, and when it comes to things like this it's somewhat expected. The same can be said for pornography, drugs and alcohol and tobacco (remember Joe Camel?), and anything else that would fall under blue-laws.
The goal of this is to bring attention to the fact that it's a problem and should be seen as undesirable, like pornography or Joe Camel. The cancellation of Joe didn't prevent kids from getting cigarettes but it did draw attention to the situation and there has been a marked decline in youth smoking since the late 90s when the mascot was removed. It's correlative, for sure, but the outcomes are undeniable. The same happened with the DARE program and class 1 drugs (except for marijuana iirc).
- 20after4 3y agoMultiple studies have determined that the dare program is entirely or almost entirely ineffective. Here's just one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448384/