Drug Awareness Speech Contest

The deadline to postmark all applications will be
Monday, May 5, 2025 for all Districts

Drug Awareness Speech Contest Coordinator

PDG Janie Garza
P.O. Box 816
Sutherland Springs, TX 78161
pdgjanie2a2@gmail.com
210-643-3217
Email PDG Janie

Topic for the 2024-2025 Year

“Policies for Narcan Use in Schools”

Drug overdose deaths in young people between the ages of 10 and 19 doubled between 2018 and 2021. Approximately 90% of those deaths involved opioids, with the most common being Fentanyl. Naloxone, known by the brand name “Narcan” is a medication that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is a nasal spray.

The State of Texas passed SB 629 that went into effect in January of 2023. It states that each school district shall adopt and implement a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists at each campus in the district that serves students in grades 6 through 12 and may opt and implement such a policy at each campus in the district, if it includes campuses serving students in a grade level below grade 6.

In this speech you are to research SB 629 and discuss whether it reaches far enough and whether it should include Charter and Private schools. Is it too vague and should it be standardized Statewide?

Eligibility

The Drug Awareness Speech Contest is open to all high school juniors and seniors. Scholarship awards must be collected no later than two (2) years following the recipient’s graduation from High School.

Application Process and Rules

Students should contact their local Lions Club to inform them that they wish to participate in the contest. Then the participant must complete the Common Contest application form, the Medical Power of Attorney Form and sign the Code of Conduct. Students may download each of these from the links below, fill them out in Adobe Reader and submit them according to the rules for the contest. Any questions should be directed to the Contest Coordinator listed above.

2025 Drug Awareness Speech Contest Rules

2025 Common Contest Application Form
2025 Code of Conduct Acknowledgement Form
2025 Medical Power of Attorney Form
2025 Chaperones Guidelines

Claiming Your Scholarship

To collect your scholarship award, the contest winner or runner-up must submit proof of registration information from a university, college, junior college or vocational school. A formal request for payment, using the scholarship request form below, should be sent to the state office along with any supplemental information needed by the institution (i.e. scholarship forms, etc). Scholarship awards must be collected no later than two (2) years following the recipient’s graduation from High School. Send request for payment to:

Texas Lions MD-2 State Office
P. O. Box 294509
Kerrville, TX 78029-4509
Phone: 830-257-6557

Please note that payment will be made directly to the designated school.  All scholarship awards must be collected no later than two years following the recipient’s graduation from High School.

These instructions also appear in the Contest Rules (see above).
2025 OFY State Scholarship Form

District Application Check-Off List

Districts that sponsor winners to the State Contest will need to follow the below checklist to comply with all procedures for application.
2025 District Application Check-Off List