Approximately 1,000 North Carolinians lose their lives to prescription drug abuse each year.
Students in grades 6 through 12 can help fight this epidemic by creating brief videos about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
Any high school or middle school student in North Carolina can participate by creating a 30-second public service announcement video on teen prescription drug abuse and entering it for a chance to win prizes.
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Watch videos that won last year’s contest.
About the contest
This year’s contest will run from March 2-April 15, 2015. Winners will be announced in May.
This year’s contest will run from March 2-April 15, 2015. Winners will be announced in May.
The contest is open to all North Carolina students in grades 6 through 12.
Read the rules and fill out an application to enter the Stop Rx Abuse contest.
Attorney General Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Justice partnered with theNational Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, the North Carolina Parent Resource Center, and the Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse to sponsor the contest.
Enter for a chance to win great prizes
- High School First Place: iPad donated by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators
- High School Second Place: iPod Touch donated by the North Carolina Parent Resource Center
- High School Third Place: Amazon gift card donated by the Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse
- Middle School First Place: Beats Headphones donated by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators
- Middle School Second Place: $100 Amazon gift card donated by the North Carolina Parent Resource Center
- Middle School Third Place: $50 Amazon gift card donated by the Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse