Marijuana Misuse Prevention Poster Contest

Contest Overview

The Ask

Create a 11”x17” poster that helps your friends avoid marijuana by teaching a healthier way to cope with feelings such as boredom, stress, anxiety or frustration, showing another activity someone can do instead of using marijuana, or demonstrating how you can help your friends who might be at risk for using marijuana

Medium: Any medium is fine! Paint, markers, multimedia, fabric, digital art, photography or anything else you can think of.

*The work must be your own, work done by others or created by artificial intelligence won’t be considered.

Size: 11”x17” scanned and submitted as a pdf

Due: April 20, 2026 by 11:59pm

Who can participate: Any 9th through 12th grader in Knox County.

Questions? Email prevention@metrodrug.org

Creativity is encouraged.

Rules:

  • Work must be done by students, work done by a parent, sibling or artificial intelligence won’t be considered.
  • Participants must possess rights to all content used. If your team uses images they did not create, they must not be copyrights and must be open sourced or have a creative common license and not copyrights. Any poster using copyrighted material will be disqualified.
  • Offensive or illicit content will not be considered. This includes illegal, offensive, or obscene content or content that advocates and/or supports racial, cultural, religious, or gender bias.

Final entries are due April 20 at 11:59 PM

Tips for creating an effective and winning poster:

  • Less is more; a single message is more effective than cramming in a bunch of different messages and ideas.
  • Avoid scare tactics, or gloomy messages like “you will die if you smoke”.
  • Make sure any sources you use are reliable.
  • Avoid showing illegal substances, marijuana joints, marijuana leaves, or any sort of images of marijuana (showing pictures of the substance isn’t effective for prevention of substance misuse).
  • Helpful resources (click the links below):

Prevention Poster Example

This project is funded under a grant contract with the State of Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.