South Dakota NORML is holding an essay contest and offering $1,000 in scholarship money to the two students who best outline a sensible national drug policy.
The two scholarships, $650 for first place and $350 for second place, may be payable to any post-secondary school in South Dakota.
“We think it is time to ‘step out of the box’ and look at some other suggestions (to current drug prohibition),” said South Dakota NORML President Bob Newland. “That’s what this contest is about.”
Newland said South Dakota NORML will not be judging the contest. Instead he has secured a current state senator and representative, along with a former state representative and a criminal justice professor to judge the contest to ensure entrants representing all viewpoints of the argument have a fair chance to win the scholarships.
“We commend South Dakota NORML for not only offering this scholarship opportunity to our nation’s college-bound, but also for initiating this open and honest public discourse on our country’s failed drug prohibition policy,” said NORML Publications Director Scott Colvin.
For more information, please contact Bob Newland, President of South Dakota NORML, toll-free at (877) 687-5297, or visit online at http://www.sodaknorml.org/contest.htm.
