May/June 2023
NPAC spearheaded the passage of a new law in Colorado that protects people who require opioids from discrimination at clinics and pharmacies and also protects their providers.
NPAC presented patient stories before the World Health Organization about the importance of new codes for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain.
NPAC’s ED was featured in a Newsweek cover story about how the opioid backlash has gone wrong and in other press on a novel study identifying biomarkers for chronic pain.
NPAC joined a multi-disciplinary summit at Cornell University about digital technology and pain to speak on privacy and equity.
NPAC testified before the California Medical Society to provide input on updating its prescribing guidelines.
NPAC’s ED spoke at the Canadian Pain Society on the ethical imperative to do no harm in treating people with pain and people with addiction.
NPAC’s Advisor Samina Ali helped spearhead the world’s first standards for treating pain in children.
NPAC spoke on the safe disposal of medications at a public workshop hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
