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I teach 5th grade.
Any heartless officer that 'puts one down' is way out of line. 5th graders need a lot of attention, and sometimes that kind of affection. If you're uncomfortable with that, you should find another way (praise, compliments, or less physical contact like highfives or handshakes) to deal with them.
Also, when talking about drugs, I agree that DARE doesn't work. Why? Because kids don't understand the negative consequences of drug abuse. You can't say if you smoke pot, this is what's going to happen to you. They need to be shown. You need to bring in hardcore alcoholics on their last legs, and say, this is the lifestyle that drug abuse eventually leads to. Just making vague threats doesn't work.
I was the posterchild for DARE, I literally gave the keynote speech at our 8th grade graduation, and it didn't do anything to keep me away from drugs or alcohol. I'm just lucky that I didn't do anything really stupid.
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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Frederich Nietzsche
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