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Sustainability, Cultural Competence

SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention


Substance abuse prevention is one of the greatest public health challenges for our country. Research has shown not only which prevention interventions work, but also that prevention is cost-effective. Now, communities and States are using data-driven decision-making as they decide which evidence-based programs, practices, and policies work best to keep their citizens healthy.

SAMHSA has developed 10 Strategic Initiatives to focus its work. The top three are:

  1. Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
  2. Trauma and Justice
  3. Military Families - Active, Guard, Reserve, and Veteran

The goal for the first initiative is to create prevention prepared communities where individuals, families, schools, workplaces, and communities take action to promote emotional health and prevent and reduce mental illness, substance abuse including tobacco, and suicide across the lifespan.

Communities and States across the Nation continue to invest in prevention because it contributes to better health and improved quality of life.
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