AHCA: Treat Chronic Pain as a Public Health Crisis

The AHCA is supporting a new report that calls on government agencies, the medical community and Congress to treat chronic pain as a public health crisis.

The report recommends that federal, state and local agencies adopt a fairer regulatory approach toward controlled prescription drugs. States are being tasked with striking a balance between reducing drug abuse and addressing unrelieved pain.

According to the report, many states still have laws with outdated requirements that reflect "poor medical practice."