Tyler Richardson wanted to make an impact on his classmates. For his senior project, he decided to research the effects of drug and alcohol use on young people. The results were so tragic and overwhelming that he took an unusual approach to get his message across.

"...he contacted 48 fellow students at random and asked them to sign a contract without divulging the contents to anyone, even their parents... Each agreed to be taken out of their classrooms, a few students every 30 minutes, by Island County Sheriff Deputy Laura Price. The number, 48 in all, represents the number of kids who die from drugs or alcohol every day in the United States."

When the students were pulled from class, they painted their faces white and donned black T-shirts which read "I just died...." Then they stood silently in front of the school as their classmates were leaving for the day. Some laugh or make sarcastic comments... until they read the T-shirts. Tyler thinks his fellow students got the message... no one was hurt or killed due to drugs or alcohol at their prom this year. Source: South Whidbey Record

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