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 and other press.

• NPAC joined a multi-disciplinary summit at Cornell University about digital technology and pain.

• 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.