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Fact Sheet: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Visits New Hampshire to Discuss Strategies to Address the Opioid Epidemic

9 May 2016
MANCHESTER, N.H., May 9, 2016 - In January 2016, President Obama tapped Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to lead an interagency federal effort focused on the heroin and prescription opioid crisis. As Secretary of Agriculture and Chair of the White House Rural Council, Secretary Vilsack understands the unique needs of rural America, where rates of overdose and opioid abuse are particularly high.

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