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Top Cancer Groups Announce State Pain Policies Evaluation Results
2007 Pain and Policy Report Card and Evaluation Guide
July 17, 2007

The 2007 report card shows states whose grades improved from last year were Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Kansas joins Michigan and Virginia as having the most balanced pain policies in the nation.

Prescription Drug Abuse: What is Being Done to Address This New Drug Epidemic?

Testimony of Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Drug Enforcement Administration, before House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, July 26, 2006.

Appointment with Dr. Feelscared. Szalavitz, Maia, Reason Website, June 24, 2006.

Comment on Dispensing of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain. Pain and Policy Studies Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, 2005.

The Risk of Disciplinary Action by State Medical Boards Against Physicians Prescribing Opioids, Richard, J., & Reidenberg, M. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, 2005.

Achieving Balance in Federal and State Pain Policy: A Progress Report Card.  Pain and Policy Studies Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, 2004.

Diversion of Prescription Drugs to the Black Market: What the States are Doing to Curb the Tide. Forgione, Dana A., Neuenschwander, Patricia, & Thomas, E. Vermeer. Journal of Health Care Finance, 2001.