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Pain Management and Palliative Care January 2006
Medical Marijuana	Read the June/July 2005 NCSL Legisbrief.
Pain and the Law	Website developed by Saint Louis University and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
States Ease Attitudes Toward Medical Marijuana  Rhode Island Becomes 11th State to Legalize Medical Marijuana	Read the USA today article about how Maryland has become the 10th state to ease sanctions for medical marijuana use. Read the NewStandard article about how Rhode Island has become the 11th state to allow for medical marijuana.
Palliative Care: What Are States Doing?	Learn more about how lawmakers are focusing attention on pain management, hospice care and other palliative care policies.
Oxycontin Abuse and Diversion and Efforts to Address the Problem	Read the December 2003 GAO Report on Oxycontin Abuse.
The Double Life of OxyContin	OxyContin is both a miracle painkiller and an illicit street drug. This comprehensive chart summarizes what states are doing to allow patients access to the drug while curbing its abuse.
NCSL's October/November 2001 magazine article on Oxycontin abuse	Read the article about the painkiller used by cancer patients and other sufferers of chronic pain and how states are responding to its illegal abuse

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