This is hysterical to me.

koin.com: "DARE Dumps Trail Blazers


Anti-Drug Program No Longer Accepts Tickets



(Italics added by me)

PORTLAND -- The anti-drug program DARE has cut its ties with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers have provided free game tickets for children, but DARE officials say they're not going to accept them until some of the players clean up their acts. All kidding aside this is almost a no brainier. ( For those that don't follow the NBA the team has had several run-ins where players have been busted for Drug possession among other violations. My personal favorite was when Damon Stoutamire tried to smuggle his Pot through the airport wrapped IN TIN FOIL!!)

'We are about making good choices and picking role models. And the kids are pretty keen -- they don't get a lot past them,' DARE educator Deputy Mike Olds told KOIN 6 News. Mike also invited all the reporters over for milk and cookies, but told them that Wally and the Beav had home work finish before they couls come out and play. (Keen?? Really? They still use that word?)

Team officials would not comment on the DARE program but pointed out that other community groups, such as the Portland Police Activities League, support the team. " Yeah, because they are on a first name basis with so many of the players! I mean ya gotta have some kind of job security.