WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced a “historic” number of grants for community drug-prevention coalitions, at a White House roundtable about the dangers of youth substance abuse.
Speaking in the Roosevelt Room on Aug. 29, the president said that $90.9 million would be shared by 731 local anti-drug groups, the most since the Drug-Free Communities Act was founded over a decade ago. Since 1997, funding has gone to coalitions in all 50 states that work to reduce youth substance abuse, including of prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol.
