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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2017 – President Donald Trump today said he’s ordering the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) to declare the opioid epidemic a national “public health emergency” but he failed to earmark any new money to deal with the crisis.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – President Trump is expected to announce his long-awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency any day now, and Anne Hazlett says USDA is prepared to follow any further orders the president issues to deal with the crisis.