Rhode Island
On June 2, 2021, Rhode Island’s Governor Dan McKee signed Bill 384 into law. A copy of the bill can also be found here. Greg Amore, Claudia Merandi’s local Representative, fought hard for this bill to pass which protects intractable pain patients from the 2016 CDC Opioid Guidelines. Recently, in March 2022, Arizona also passed legislation that was […]
Oklahoma
Please join Oklahoma’s Don’t Punish Pain Rally Facebook page to network with other CPP’s in Oklahoma Oklahoma’s Intractable Pain Bill In April 2021 Oklahoma’s Bill SB57 unanimously passed the House and Senate. Hearing About Harms From Forced Tapers On November 1, 2021 the Oklahoma, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Controlled Substances Committee held a hearing. The purpose was to discuss an […]
New Hampshire
Please join New Hampshire’s Don’t Punish Pain Rally Facebook page to network with other advocates from NH. New Hampshire’s Bill, HB1639, was signed by Governor Sununu in August of 2020. It was originally created as a separate bill, SB 546, but was later added to Omnibus Bill HB1639. The bill was created and passed with the amazing efforts […]
Judge Ruled Against the Plaintiffs in Opioid Litigation in California
An article in Reason came out yesterday about the ruling for the Defendants (four drug companies-Teva, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie, and Endo) in opioid litigation. This is huge for our community. The Judge said the Plaintiffs failed to prove the charges of public nuisance and false advertising. Superior Court Judge, Peter J. Wilson wrote a 42 page ruling. […]
Updated/Expanded CDC Guideline Information
As many of you know, the 2016 CDC Opioid Guidelines have caused harm to many. Whether the guidelines themselves are the problem or if they have just been misapplied has been widely discussed by experts. In July 2021, the CDC released their draft of the updated opioid guidelines. We explained it all in detail in our […]
Dr. Carl Hart’s Opinion on the Untreated Pain Crisis – Episode 15
Episode 15 – 12/9/22 Link to Episode Claudia and Bev interview Dr. Carl Hart. We discuss how pain patients are being harmed by horrible drug policy. Dr. Hart discusses his view of anti-opioid zealots like Dr. Andrew Kolodny and offers to use his platform to help us fight for pain patients. I took this bio […]