North America is in the middle of a health crisis. The word fentanyl only recently entered common usage, and yet it has become a looming presence in news reports and conversations across Canada. It is an opioid more powerful and pervasive - and deadly - than any previous street drug. Law and policy expert Benjamin Perrin shines a light in this darkest of corners - challenging many assumptions about the people who use opioids, and the factors fuelling the crisis. Residence: Vancouver, B.C.
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