SCAN Futuros Brillantes YPU Program

12/22/2025

Do you know what’s in your e-cigarette or v**e?

Learn the affects of to***co, e-cigarettes, and va**ng.

12/15/2025

Fentanyl is an addictive, powerful synthetic opioid used to treat severe pain and is also increasingly found in the illicit drug market in recent years. Even small amounts of fentanyl can be deadly and illegally made fentanyl (IMF) is linked to most recent cases of fentanyl-related overdose. IMF is often added to drugs like he**in, co***ne, and methamphetamine, or made into fake prescription pills. Many people are not aware that their drugs are laced with fentanyl.

12/10/2025

A small, growing network of centers like Maddie’s Place is proving a simple point: when mothers and babies stay together, outcomes improve, foster placements fall and long-term costs decline.

A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery

12/01/2025

Heavy Cannabis Use During Pregnancy Linked to Disruption in Brain Growth

Researchers have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into adulthood. Using advanced MRI techniques, the team tracked the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure in mice across key developmental stages.

McGill University researchers at the Douglas Research Center have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into adulthood.

11/24/2025

Parents often spend a lot of time worrying about unlikely or insignificant risks while ignoring those things that truly matter. Drug and alcohol use among children and teens is one of those issues they don’t pay enough attention to. Substance abuse can derail a child’s life like nothing else can, and it’s also a very prevalent threat, considering that virtually every youth will dabble with drugs and alcohol. Many kids start using in elementary school, so it’s never too soon to start talking to kids about drugs.

Facts & statistics on kids & drugs. Learn more about drug & alcohol use among children & teens.

11/17/2025

We know that drinking too much can harm your health. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that if adults (age 21 and older) choose to drink alcohol, drinking less is better for health than drinking more.
There is no known safe amount of alcohol use during pregnancy or while trying to get pregnant.

We know that drinking too much can harm your health. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that if adults (age 21 and older) choose to drink alcohol, drinking less is better for health than drinking more.

11/12/2025

About 4,000 young people (under 21) die from excessive alcohol use each year. Underage drinking cost the United States $24 billion in 2010 (the most recent year of data available).

The effects of underage drinking and ways to prevent related harms.

11/03/2025

Quitting smoking isn’t easy. It takes time. And a plan. You don’t have to stop smoking in one day. Start with day one. Let the Great American Smokeout event on the third Thursday in November be your day to start your journey toward a smoke-free life!

The American Cancer Society is encouraging people who smoke to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking with The Great American Smokeout.

10/27/2025

Prevention and Behavioral Health Promotion (PBHP) programs include promotion strategies that increase protective factors, are trauma informed, and align with best practices as outlined by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Spectrum of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral interventions. Texas' comprehensive prevention and behavioral health promotion approach includes both substance use and su***de prevention programs and services. There is a strong connection between the missions of substance use prevention and the su***de prevention community; prevention and treating substance use, prevents su***des. This alignment of services is designed to enhance our Prevention System to implement evidence-based programs, recognize signs of su***de risk, and work collectively toward prevention by promoting healthy individuals and healthy communities across Texas.

Information about Texas' comprehensive prevention and behavioral health promotion program.

10/21/2025

October is Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month

10/13/2025

Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat the State of Texas—and the United States—has ever faced. Fifty times more potent than he**in and 100 times stronger than morphine, just two milligrams of fentanyl, a dose barely visible to the human eye, is lethal. Nearly half of all drug-poisoning deaths last year were related to fentanyl, making it the single deadliest drug in American history.

Join the fight against the fentanyl crisis by learning what fentanyl is and get connected to resources to help you and your community.

10/06/2025

October is Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month. Prevention month lifts up the national conversation to showcase preventions’ positive effects on communities across the country.

https://www.samhsa.gov/about/digital-toolkits/substance-use-prevention-month?

October is Substance Use Prevention Month.