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
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 […]
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 […]