by PAINS Project | Dec 6, 2017 | Myra Christopher, News & Updates, Pain Policy, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director On Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Senator Claire McCaskill (MO-D) led a roundtable to discuss her interest in repealing the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016. It included three participants: Joseph...
by PAINS Project | Oct 17, 2017 | Advocacy, Myra Christopher, News, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, Director of PAINS Sunday night, I watched 60 Minutes on CBS as they interviewed Joe Rannazzisi, former Deputy Director over Diversion at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Rannazzisi was portrayed as a “whistleblower,” and he blamed drug...
by PAINS Project | Feb 14, 2017 | Myra Christopher, Pain Policy, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director This morning I was a guest on Central Standard, a program which airs on the local Kansas City NPR station. The program’s focus was chronic pain. Over the weekend the host’s producer called to do a “pre-interview.” One of the...
by PAINS Project | Sep 20, 2016 | Advocacy, Advocacy, Myra Christopher, News, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher In late August, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD wrote to 2.3 million physicians asking for their help in solving the opioid epidemic. By doing so Dr. Murthy joined a distinguished list of Surgeon Generals who have spoken out about critical public...
by PAINS Project | Aug 15, 2016 | Advocacy, Book, TV & Movie Reviews, Myra Christopher, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director Penney Cowan has lived with chronic pain for most of her life and is the Founder of the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA). Her advocacy work is peppered with the creation of innovative projects and programs. Perhaps, one of...
by PAINS Project | Feb 23, 2016 | Advocacy, Authors, Book, TV & Movie Reviews, Myra Christopher, PAINS Updates |
by Myra J. Christopher, Director of PAINS I live in Kansas City, 239 miles due west of Ferguson, Missouri, which in 2015 became the epicenter of racial tension in our country. When I learned last week that the Justice Department is bringing charges against the City of...
