North Carolina high school students can help fight prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths by entering a video contest sponsored by Attorney General Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Justice.

To educate young people about the dangers of prescription drug abuse, Cooper is partnering with the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, the North Carolina Parent Resource Center, and the Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse to sponsor a student video competition.

Cooper is asking students to create public service announcement videos on the topic of teen prescription drug abuse.  All students enrolled in grades nine through 12 in North Carolina are eligible to enter.  

SALISBURY - What stereotypes do you associate with high school students, and particularly young African-Americans?

Some students at Salisbury High say that the perception is often a negative one and they are determined to create an example of change.

They start with a student led prayer, then get down to the business of creating change. What was student Ronald Robinson like before he became part of this group?

"Hanging with the wrong people, doing the wrong things when I actually became a part of this group it brought me to my sense that you don't have to be the same as everybody else," Robinson told WBTV.

Now he's part of IMPACT at Salisbury High School. It stands for Inspiring Males Promoting Achievement Character and Trust. Started by two teachers and advisers Christopher McNeil and Scott Maddox with the idea of finding the potential that's present in young lives.

SALISBURY - The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Alumni Association is presenting the Tour de Campus 5K - Rowan on the North Campus, 1333 Jake Alexander Blvd. S. Salisbury, on Saturday, March 16.

This race is part of the 50th anniversary celebration for Rowan-Cabarrus. Registration for Saturday’s race begins at 7:30 a.m. at building 400 with a start time at 9:00 a.m. The half mile fun run (for kids 12 and under) will start at 9:45 a.m.

The 5K fee is $25 and the fun run fee is $10.

The Tour de Campus 5K - Rowan is, a trail race using the new walking and running trail recently constructed on the 100-acre Salisbury campus. The 3.1 mile course loops through and around the campus.