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"Through My Eyes" - II Essay
Contest - Drugs
Brief Overview: BHHS seniors write a
non-fiction essay, anonymously or giving their
name, about drugs for October (Red Ribbon Month
regarding Substance Abuse). This would include
illicit drugs, prescription drugs (prescribed for
you like Ritalin or using someone else's
prescription), inhalants, and dip. Some idea
starters:
- How drugs has affected my
life? Whether it's scary or positive, feel free
to share it. Remember to take it to the next
level and tell us how it changed
you.
- Are you dealing with peer
pressure to experience drugs? How do you say no?
Tell us more than just what you say or that you
just walked away! Tell us what you do to avoid
the pressure to experience drugs and how you
handle yourself in a situation where you are
offered drugs.
- How you have helped a
friend stay drug-free or how you have helped a
friend to stop using drugs? Are there specific
ways you and your friends have avoided using
drugs?.
- What do you know about
the dangers of underage drug use?
- How often do you see
pro-drug content in movies, in songs, on clothes
or elsewhere? How do you guard yourself against
these kinds of messages?
- How old were you if and
when you first tried an illicit drug? What got
you to try it?
Essay Details: Entry Deadline: September
17. Length between 250 and 1,000 words, typed,
double spaced, plus an electronic copy in the body
of an e-mail.
Judges: Winners selected by Words
& Pictures Book Club & friends.
Judges decision is final.
Awards: Grand Prize of $100 and three
runner-ups, receiving a $30, $20, and $10 gift
certificate from Wild River Pizza. Each of these
essays will be published in a Saturday edition of
The Pilot during the month of October. And
remaining entrants will receive a $5.00 gift
certificate from either Fred Meyer or Hot
Shotz.
What is the purpose of the project? To get the
students involved in drug awareness and to let the
community see the issue from their perspective. And
to encourage the police and judges to take a "No
tolerance" stance and dole out serious consequences
to illegal manufacturers, sellers and users of
illicit drugs.
Why is it needed? The public doesn't get to see
the impact drugs have on our students from their
perspective. It's time to listen.
What problems will it address? The generation
gap of knowledge, and the magnitude and the
seriousness of the growing drug problem in
BHHS and Azalea Middle school.
How will you know the task was successful? When
the community as a whole stops saying, "We don't
have a drug problem" until they actually aren't
problems anymore.
Sponsors: The Pilot, Wild River
Pizza, Fred Meyer, Hot Shotz Espresso, Words
& Pictures and an anonymous group of
Citizens Who Care. (www.TheCitizensWhoCare.org
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For questions or comments
contact Gordon Clay at 541.469.5124
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