Pain Relief Network Challenges Washington State's Opioid Guidelines
The issue of not properly treating chronic pain with opioids due to drug prohibition's chilling effect on the medical community has been coming to a head slowly over the years. Now, advocates of pain management are turning to the protection of the courts in an effort to have the "deadly disease of chronic pain" declared a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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