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 […]
Minnesota
CPP advocates in Minnesota have been working hard to pass legislation to protect intractable pain patients. Video of hearing on March 24, 2022. A CPP and Dr. Beth Darnall testified. Minnesota Stat. 152.125 – intractable pain
Arizona
Please join Arizona’s Don’t Punish Pain Rally page to network with other CPP advocates from Arizona In April of 2022, Arizona passed a law, Bill SB1162, protecting pain patients. Dr. Jeffrey Singer testified if favor of the bill Governor Doug Ducey Signs SB1162 into Law Helping Arizonians with Chronic Intractable Pain Get the Treatment They Need “Senator Nancy […]
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. […]
Why did a govt. agency (CDC ORRP) call us and demand we remove social media content?
Summary of our dramatic interaction with CDC’s Opioid Rapid Response Program (ORRP) Our other researcher, Carrie Judy, and I (Bev) initially heard about ORRP from a hearing transcript and a podcast interviewing a DEA agent. ARPO’s efforts are not exclusively prosecutorial, however. Rapid response teams within the strike force work with HHS to ensure that persons physically dependent on […]
Supreme Court Ruan – ruled in our favor 9-0!
SCOTUS sides with the petitioner and Health Law Professors in Ruan v. United States 9-0! As explained by Jennifer Oliva: The bottom line is that the DEA can no longer say “we think this exceeds the legitimate bounds of medical practice” and then put on their paid experts. INSTEAD, they must prove beyond a reasonable […]
DEA Targeting Doctors – Attorney Ron Chapman -Episode 3
Episode 3 – 8/29/22 Link to this episode “Interview with attorney Ron Chapman about the targeting of the doctors by the DEA” Listen to Ron Chapman discuss how prescribers and pharmacists are being targeted by the DEA. He explains how they do it and what a doctor should do if the DEA shows up at […]
NarxCare/PDMP – Part 4 – Jacob James Rich – PDMP and Law Enforcement – Episode 13
Episode 13 – 10/31/22 Link to Episode This is part 4 in our NarxCare/PDMP series. We interview Jacob James Rich. This episode focuses on PDMP harms, law enforcement’s access to the PDMP, and whether HIPAA protects patients from PDMP data being shared. Jacob James Rich is a researcher. Jacob also works as an analyst for […]
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 […]