Dick Schweiker has worked hard to make sure that necessary budget restraint and regulatory relief did not overshadow his Departments responsibility to meet basic health and social service needs as well as respond to crises. Special initiatives have been undertaken by the Secretary to encourage the development of orphan drugs. to undertake a major study of the health effects of agent orange exposure on Vietnam veterans. and to protect the rights of handicapped infants. Efforts to examine the problem of teenage alcohol abuse. to reduce high blood pressure by increased sodium labeling on processed foods. to assist in the settlement of Cuban and Haitian refugees. and the 1981 White House Conference on Aging have also been among Dick Schweikers special interests and concerns. Last year Dick played a leading role in the Governments quick response to the Tylenol contamination tragedies. Within months a new requirement for tamperresistant drug packaging had been implemented.
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