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Press Releases:

June 28, 2022 :

U.S. Supreme Court Victory with Far-Reaching Implications for the Treatment of Pain
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December 27, 2021 :
NPAC files SCOTUS amicus brief on prescriber liability under Controlled Substances Act
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Related Press:

  • NPAC’s amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court cases of Ruan v. U.S. and Kahn v. U.S. got a shout out in the hot legal podcast, Strict Scrutiny, starting at about minute 40. 

  • NPAC’s amicus brief and executive director were featured in an in-depth piece about the U.S. Supreme Court cases in STAT.


April 7, 2021 :
NPAC And Allies Push Back Against Harmful Bill
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March 8, 2021 :
National Pain Advocacy Center Launches Today
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Related Press:

  • Read coverage of NPAC’s launch in Forbes.

 

Recent Press:

On NPAC’s Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court & Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion:

  • NPAC’s brief and Executive Director have been quoted extensively in the press about the significant victory in the US Supreme Court, such as in the New York Times, STAT, NBCnews, Reason, and others.

  • NPAC’s amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court cases of Ruan v. U.S. and Kahn v. U.S. got a shout out in the hot legal podcast, Strict Scrutiny, starting at about minute 40. 

  • NPAC’s amicus brief and executive director were featured in an in-depth piece about the U.S. Supreme Court cases in STAT.

On the Updated CDC Guideline:

  • NPAC’s Executive Director, Kate Nicholson, JD, was quoted in media coverage of the updated CDC Guideline.  See, for example, this in The New York Times, this excellent in-depth piece in Reason and this coverage in The Guardian.

  • Nicholson also gave in-depth interview about the Guideline to NPR Affiliate,  All Sides with Ann Fisher. 

  • NPAC Advisor Dr. Beth Darnall was quoted in Medpage Today about the updated Guideline.

Recent NPAC Advocacy in Professional Journals

  • NPAC Advisors Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, MS, PhD, Tamara Baker, PhD, and NPAC Executive Director, Kate Nicholson, JD published a Letter to the Editor in JAMA on health equity and the need to address bias and stigma in the care of people with people. 

  • NPAC Executive Director, Kate Nicholson, JD, published a Commentary in a special NIH-sponsored edition of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) on the difficulty of undoing harm from misapplication of the 2016 CDC Guideline.