October is Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month

October is Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month — and we invite you to tell your prevention story.

To inspire action, each of us can share how prevention is improving lives in our community.

• We aim to prevent substance use in the first place, prevent the progression of use (to a disorder), and prevent consequences associated with use. And we have the prevention playbook to do so.
• Prevention science (with decades of research and community-based experience) shows that prevention works.
• Prevention strengthens protective factors and reduces risk factors ― in individuals, families, schools, communities, and society.
• Prevention helps us get ahead of substance use and mental health challenges — so that youth, families, and communities can thrive.

Prevention Month lifts up the national conversation — to showcase prevention’s positive effects on communities across the country.

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