The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program will be modified this year.
This program, which gives students the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence, had been looked after by the 100 Mile House RCMP detachment in the past.
"This is an important program and 100 Mile House has been very lucky to have the program in this area," RCMP Const. Chris Riddle says, adding it’s the only Cariboo community that has had the D.A.R.E. program.
"We don't have the manpower to take the course that D.A.R.E. requires [80 hours of special training and 40 hours of additional training to D.A.R.E. instructors], but the information is important for us to get out to the kids."
There will be an RCMP officer calling on all the schools in the area before school ends Riddle says, adding they are in the planning stages now for their modified program.
"Each member is assigned a school to have an informal chat with the students."