“A bill to promote public service announcement campaigns targeted at youth substance use prevention, and for other purposes.”
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This section expands authorized uses of grants under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program (i.e., grants to states, units of local government, and Indian tribes for opioid abuse services such as treatment alternatives to incarceration, first responder training on opioid reversal drugs, and medication-assisted treatment) by adding research-based public service announcement campaigns targeted at youth substance use prevention using age-appropriate television, radio, print, outdoor, digital announcements, and youth submission contests. It further requires the Attorney General to publish an annual report on such grants that includes, for each funded campaign, (1) a description of the grant and campaign; (2) research used to inform and develop the campaign; (3) any regional or geographic-specific messaging; (4) how the campaign supports the grantee's other substance use prevention initiatives or strategy; and (5) an evaluation of the campaign's success, such as its effectiveness in reducing youth drug use rates.