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Preventing substance abuse requires comprehensive prevention strategies and community action. Now, more than ever, communities and prevention providers have access to research and evidence-based strategies that when used in combination with local assessment and planning efforts can be used to significantly reduce the problems and consequences associated with substance abuse.

Conducting a strategic planning process that uses community data to identify local substance related problems and implementing effective approaches that can achieve sustainable outcomes, now and into the future.