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Middle- and high-school students invited to create 30-second videos discouraging prescription drug abuse, win prizes in contest
Attorney General Jack Conway and his Keep Kentucky Safe partners invite Kentucky middle- and high-school students to compete in the annual Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement contest.
Contestants create a PSA to warn Kentucky kids about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. "I want our young people to know that it is never okay to take a prescription pill that was not prescribed to them by their doctor," Conway said in a press release. "These are some of the most addictive substances on the planet, and if taken in the wrong combination, or with other substances, they can kill you."
Participating students should produce a 30-second video showing the perils of prescription drug abuse and submit it by Dec. 6. Winners will be announced Dec. 13. The first place winner will receive an Apple iPad, donated by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, and the runner-up will receive a $100 Amazon.com gift card donated by the Kentucky Pharmacists Association.
Other partners in the contest are the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, Operation UNITE and concerned parents, Dr. Karen Shay and Mike Donta.
Instructions for submission can be found here. Examples of winning videos can be found by clicking here for the 2012 winning video and here for the 2012 second place video.
Contestants create a PSA to warn Kentucky kids about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. "I want our young people to know that it is never okay to take a prescription pill that was not prescribed to them by their doctor," Conway said in a press release. "These are some of the most addictive substances on the planet, and if taken in the wrong combination, or with other substances, they can kill you."
Participating students should produce a 30-second video showing the perils of prescription drug abuse and submit it by Dec. 6. Winners will be announced Dec. 13. The first place winner will receive an Apple iPad, donated by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, and the runner-up will receive a $100 Amazon.com gift card donated by the Kentucky Pharmacists Association.
Other partners in the contest are the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, Operation UNITE and concerned parents, Dr. Karen Shay and Mike Donta.
Instructions for submission can be found here. Examples of winning videos can be found by clicking here for the 2012 winning video and here for the 2012 second place video.
- Conway, Other Ags Ask Fda To Require Generic Prescription Pain Pills To Be Abuse-resistant, Tamper-resistant
Generic versions of popular pain relievers must be made harder to abuse, in order to curb prescription drug abuse that is epidemic in many states, Attorney General Jack Conway and 47 other attorneys general said in a letter sent to federal officials Monday....
- Beshear Oks Prescription Bill, Telling Pill Mills, 'get Out Of This State'
Saying it couldn't get to his desk quickly enough, Gov. Steve Beshear signed a bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse in celebration today, warning so-called pill mills to "Get out of this state, because we're coming after you." House Bill...
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By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News As a bipartisan group of political leaders pushes the General Assembly to pass a bill Thursday that would crack down on "pill mills" that contribute to prescription drug abuse, Eastern Kentucky's Operation UNITE...
- In Bipartisan Way, Political Leaders Push Passage Of 'pill Mill' Bill
A bipartisan group of political leaders issued a call today "to pass a bill that will help the state battle one of its most significant threats ? prescription drug abuse," a press release from Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Beshear, Attorney General...
- Legislators Need To Help Cities Tackle Pill Abuse, Mayor Says
Winchester's mayor is displeased with the Kentucky attorney general's recent finding that local governments do not have the right to ban pain clinics within their borders. "The opinion carries no legal authority, but it does represent a major...