The purpose of our website is to facilitate public access to information and research about pain-related policy, including material published by the PPSG, its World Health Organization Collaborating Center, and other authoritative sources. For example, you can access information about U.S. policy, including federal policy, state intractable pain treatment laws and state medical board guidelines, as well as international policy, including studies of unmet needs for opioids such as morphine, and opioid consumption trends.
To search this site, we recommend that you 1) browse to become familiar with the contents, and then 2) be as specific as possible in your choice of search terms. For example, you could search for information on specific topics such as "barriers to pain management", "prescription monitoring programs" or "medical board guidelines"; you could also search for information about specific U.S. states, or about specific countries in the world.
We have found that selecting the "keywords" option below yields the best results.