Pubdate: Sun, 28 Sep 2014
Source: Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
Copyright: 2014 Morning Journal
Contact:  http://www.morningjournal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3569
Page: A2

STUDENTS CREATE "NO WEED" VIDEO MESSAGES

Teens in Lorain County schools are creating this month for an 
awareness campaign with a message that young people do not need 
marijuana to succeed in life.

Elaine Georgas, executive director of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services 
of Lorain County, said teens designed the campaign in the spring, "We 
don't need weed to succeed."

The youth said there are better things to do with their lives than 
smoke marijuana, Georgas said.

The contest encourages teens to create 20-second videos and ask their 
friends to like the videos on Facebook and YouTube or retweet them on 
Twitter to help promote resilience against peer pressure, she said.

"This gives them their voice in the community," Georgas said.

To find the videos online, type a hashtag "#noweed2succeed" and 
student videos pop up. View them in YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, 
said Marcus Atkinson, executive officer of 360 Media and Marketing 
LLC, 1505 Kansas Ave., Lorain.

The video with the most shares, likes and retweets wins a prize, Atkinson said.

Commissioned Sept. 12 by Alcohol and drug Abuse Services and 
Communities that Care, 360 Media launched within days the 
anti-marijuana campaign for youth in grades seven through 10 in 
Lorain County, Atkinson said.
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