National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month, 2026

Vol. 91

Monday,

No. 157

August 17, 2026

Part II

The President

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Proclamation 11054--National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month,
2026

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 11054 of August 12, 2026

National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month,
2026

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month,
we renew our pledge to safeguard our children, friends,
families, and communities from the devastating reach of
illicit drugs by stopping addiction before it ever
begins.

Substance abuse remains among the gravest threats
confronting our country, poisoning neighborhoods,
shattering families, and destroying lives filled with
promise. Our Nation's youth stand among the most
targeted and vulnerable, susceptible at an
impressionable age to influences that can draw them
into a life-threatening cycle of dependency. Every
young life claimed by this scourge represents a future
torn from our national story, a tragedy whose grief
echoes throughout households and hometowns.

My Administration has confronted this crisis with
unwavering resolve to protect American lives. I proudly
signed the HALT Fentanyl Act into law, permanently
classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I
drugs, and I designated nearly a dozen cartels as
foreign terrorist organizations. Our southern border
now stands as the most secure in American history,
stopping the flood of illegal aliens, deadly narcotics,
and criminal traffickers before they can infiltrate our
communities. These achievements sever the pipeline that
delivers poison to our streets and our schools, forming
one of the most powerful safeguards against substance
abuse our Nation has ever known.

Stopping drug use before it starts remains the best
path to spare families the crippling disease of
addiction. For the first time in American history, my
2026 National Drug Control Strategy establishes a
framework that places quality, evidence-based
prevention at the center of our national response,
uniting schools, communities, and houses of worship in
a single mission. While radical lunatics pass out
needles, my Administration is cleaning up our streets
and preventing addiction before it starts. Education
delivered through trusted voices--parents, teachers,
coaches, pastors, and neighbors--is one of the
strongest defenses against substance abuse, reaching
young hearts and minds long before the dealers and
their poisons ever can. Student drug abstention rates
have already climbed to record-breaking levels under
this historic effort, marking a major victory in our
mission to protect young Americans.

America's youth embody the boundless promise of our
Nation, a rising generation of patriots called to lead
our Republic and carry the timeless values of faith,
family, and freedom forward. We call on every family,
every school, and every community to devote themselves
to our sons and daughters, nurturing citizens that are
strong, minds that are sharp, and spirits that are
unshakable. Together, we will raise up a healthy,
confident, and purposeful generation free from
substance abuse--securing an even more glorious future
where our Nation's brightest days lie forever ahead.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim August 2026 as
National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month. I call
upon all Americans to remain united in the same urgent
mission of preventing drug use before

it begins so that our Nation's children can lead
lasting and fulfilling lives free from the grip of
addiction. By preventing drug use before it starts, we
will protect our Nation's youth, strengthen American
families, fortify communities across our country, and
build a drug-free future for all.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fifty-
first.