The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an interactive data tool to help community leaders build grassroots strategies to address the opioid epidemic.
“Under the leadership of President [Donald] Trump, USDA is committed to being a strong partner to rural America in addressing this monumental challenge,” Anne Hazlett, assistant to the secretary for rural development, said. “Local leaders in small towns across our country need access to user-friendly and relevant data to help them build grassroots solutions for prevention, treatment and recovery.”
The opioid misuse Community Assessment Tool enables users to overlay substance misuse data against socioeconomic, census and other public information. These data will help leaders, researchers and policy-makers assess what actions will be most effective in addressing the opioid crisis at the local level.
