University of New England

The UNE Maine Prevention Services Substance Use Prevention Services? (SUPS) local agency partners collectively work to implement activities to reduce young people?s substance use and misuse, which impact the health, safety, and success of Maine individuals, families, and communities. The efforts of the Maine SUPS program address individual, family, peer group, organizational, and community factors that influence people?s substance use choices. This comprehensive approach treats substance use prevention as a community-wide matter ? which research has shown to be more effective than trying to address it through individual-focused initiatives. These comprehensive efforts impact people?s perceptions about how acceptable, normal, and easy it is to use substances.