European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Teaching children to say i to drugs a ton Nauroth Niernberg bureaus after 17 weeks 0? dog abuse resistance education dare the 120 children enrolled in the Wernberg elementary school program May nol know the Dulfo conce Between marijuana and hashish. They May not be Able to identity drug paraphernalia Nof Lalk Street smart about uppers Downers cocaine or heroin. But they will be Able to say no nol just to drugs but also to their Best fiends who May urge them to Lake drugs saying no to drugs and Lianas Are two distinct problems and dealing with Bolh is just one skill staff sgt Bruce Price tried to develop in these children. One thing was Clear during i hair , once a week sessions children enrolled in department of of mensa dependents schools Are As vulnerable to the pressures As their stateside Peers when it comes to the litre or alcohol and drugs. They graduated irom the course Friday afternoon and the Community gave them the stage at Kalb theater in furl where eight of them read testimonials on How they would slant up to drug and alcohol abuse Xvi Ornborg elementary is Zofih of 13 Dodds schools in Germany under the dare umbrella. School system officials said they will expand the program next school year to More schools in Germany and into the Atlantic Region in i proves to be successful. Over the past four months members of one sixth Grade class at Nurnberg elementary Learned How to Cope with stress they wrote essays played games and studied the Media s influence on their habits. They Moun cd an Anli a Bise advertising Campaign and studied peer pressure As Wolf As the consequences of their decisions. They Learned Aboul Laking risks feeling Good about themselves Confidence building and Soll assertion As alternatives to drugs. In tact. Price relegated drugs and alcohol to a by the  Back Soat treatment. These kids already know Aboul drugs he said. They re a lot More sophisticated than i was when i was growing  Price is a Lair haired Blue eyed military policeman who Learned his dare moves in train Tang sessions with los Angeles police department officials who developed the program. A s a Young looking 25-year-old who hails irom winners vile Ohio. And he buried his heart in dare. He showed advertisements in one class. One was a picture of three Well put together women in White bathing suits lying on a Beach. The word Budweiser was plastered across their Bottoms. What is this telling you Price asked one sixth grader raised his hand and answered if you drink Budweiser. You la get More  right the class littered and another voice blurted out that s what i Wall vulnerability. In another session tour High school seniors talked Aboul the pressures they face about their experiences in resisting drugs and their vulnerability to illegal substances. They told the sixth graders to ask anything. They did. Are Thuro More drugs Here or in the Stales you can find them anywhere Melinda Philips said. Have you Ever been pressured to take drugs alcohol is Moie of a problem Kelly Maughan said Bui she did Tell them about two of her irions no. Acquaintances she corrected herself who died of drug abuse. Jesus Muna or. Appealed to the youngsters wearing the football jerseys. You can t be an athlete and to on  the old hands salted if anyone had Ever lasted alcohol. Several hands shot up. The majority told alarming talks of harmless parental encouragement such As idling a child drink the Dregs of a booze Glass at a parly because ii was  my Uncle in Detroit told me it was soda one said "1 was at a parly with my parcels and their German friends anole or said. They kept telling to drink it. Go ahead and drink it " and one boy talked about of in on  Maughan said there is rarely any alcohol a school sponsored dances and no drugs. But nine limes out of 10. When you re a senior and you go to a parly. There la alcohol you won t find milk and  she told the Closa to not just say no but do so convincingly. You can t show weakness she said especially when it s a  that session came closest to touching the nerves of adolescent exposure to drug and alcohol abuse. When asked what they Learned ram the course the students dutifully recited their lessons drawing Tram the worksheets stuffed into their Black folders with . Emblazoned in red across the front. How to say no where la find alternative sources of excitement Haw to control  Haw to stay  that it s of to express  the lessons were just As much Aboul growing up As they were about drugs. Price had no illusions about the vulnerability of the children he had shepherded through the course there s no Way to Tell in they la stay of drugs he said but my goal is to keep just one off  Price has Faith in dare s ability to Ami elementary schoolchildren against drugs and alcohol. But will in really work As a policeman the fair haired boy from Middle America is still a realist. Well see. He answered. We  and to friends who offer drugs y Tony a both step Hubby Hir Kunu High school thu Dana Tao to  Datt Battard Mettr and Lany it Monon right bout drugs and Fco i unt a. . Brian  if if most Ohst Harold a Brownw Tai Ai udits it Samyi atm Elton Montery oth Totoa shool in the 0arepttotprogram. Page 14 the stars and stripes tuesday