October is Youth Substance Use Prevention Month and Substance Misuse Prevention Month.

• This year, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of “Talk. They Hear You.®” and looking ahead to SAMHSA’s 20th Prevention Day.

• Prevention strengthens protective factors and reduces risk factors ― in individuals, families, schools, communities, and across society.

• Prevention science, decades of community-based experience, and scientific research show that prevention works.