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Senate Simple Resolution 866
119th Congress(2025-2026)
A resolution supporting the designation of October 2026 as "Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month" to raise awareness of substance use and misuse in the United States.
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S. RES. 866 (Introduced-in-Senate)


119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 866


Supporting the designation of October 2026 as “Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month” to raise awareness of substance use and misuse in the United States.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 17, 2026

Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Mr. Schiff) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

RESOLUTION

Supporting the designation of October 2026 as “Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month” to raise awareness of substance use and misuse in the United States.

    Whereas initiation of substance use during adolescence is associated with substance use and misuse in adulthood;

    Whereas, in 2025, an estimated 56,800,000 people in the United States aged 12 and older participated in binge drinking;

    Whereas, in 2025, more than 69,800,000 or 1 in 4 people in the United States aged 12 and older used an illicit drug, including cocaine and methamphetamine;

    Whereas, in 2025, an estimated 44,600,000 people in the United States aged 12 and older had a substance use disorder;

    Whereas, in 2025, an estimated 26,000,000 people in the United States aged 12 and older had an illicit drug use disorder;

    Whereas, in 2025, an estimated 7,600,000 people in the United States aged 12 and older received substance use disorder treatment; and

    Whereas, in 2025, more than 22,300,000 people in the United States aged 18 and older were in recovery from a substance use problem: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved,

That the Senate supports—

(1) effective programs to prevent substance use and misuse;

(2) programs to help stem the drug addiction and overdose epidemic in the United States; and

(3) the designation of October 2026 as “Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month”.