Brian Fischer, a senior at Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Ind., won the KeepRxSafe.com Public Service Announcement Video Contest, which is part of a growing effort statewide to address a rising problem affecting Indiana youth.
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington sponsors the contest, now in its fifth year, and considers prescription drug abuse by youth to be an epidemic in Indiana. In addition to the contest, the IPRC supports more targeted local initiatives that are part of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction's Partnerships for Success Initiative.
The PSA video contest is designed to engage and empower youth around the state to increase awareness of prescription drug abuse. Fischer said he "learned a lot about misuse and abuse of prescription drugs on the KeepRxSafe.com website," while doing something that was fun and gave him the opportunity to test his production skills and abilities. Bruce Patton, a teacher at Attica Junior and Senior High School in Attica, Ind., said the project is both educational and for a good cause.
The winners:
- First place: "Scratch Drugs Out of Your Life," Brian Fischer, Jeffersonville High School, Jeffersonville, Ind.
- Second place: "Together We Can," Tom Felke, Nate Kolter, Nick Bayley and Trenton Briles, Plymouth High School, Plymouth, Ind.
- Third place: "Drugs," Andrew Norris, Cody Mathis, Mikaela Gordon, Jill Warner, David Shirley, Callie McDougal, Jenna Beecher, Brooke Long and Nate Rhodes, LaCrosse High School, LaCrosse, Ind.
- Fourth place: "Focus," Bill Pfohl, Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind.
- Fifth place: "Adam," Adam Ellis, Roy Burch, Jeffersonville High School, Jeffersonville, Ind.
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