July/August 2023

• NPAC worked with the Colorado Medical Society to Implement S.B.144, the Colorado law we supported, by writing about the law in county and state-level provider newsletters and speaking on medical podcasts.

• NPAC’s Executive Director and President were appointed to the advocacy council of the US Association for the Study of Pain (USASP.)

• NPAC worked on a video story in the New York Times that featured Dawn Gibson on how patients who require opioids face impediments to care.

• As part of its partnership with HEAL Connections, NPAC spoke on a learning session panel regarding storytelling for NIH researchers. 

• NPAC spoke on Crisis Jam, a broadcast dedicated to suicide prevention.

• NPAC participated in a podcast mini-series offering four recordings on the overdose crisis: two with a focus on pain and two with a focus on addiction.

• NPAC spoke on pain and mental health on a panel for Pain Canada.

• NPAC did a podcast episode for the Opioid REMS training offering a provider and patient perspective.

• NPAC spoke on Off/Kilter Podcast with Rebecca Vallas of The Century Foundation about advocating people living with pain.