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Book SynopsisOttawa Book Award 2021 Shortlisted The Donner Prize 2020 Shortlisted Speaker''s Book Award 2020 Shortlisted Is there a way to end North America's opioid epidemic?
A fascinating, wise, and humane analysis of one of the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century. Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment NowIn
The Age of Fentanyl, Brodie Ramin tells the story of the opioid crisis, showing us the disease and cure from his perspective as an addiction doctor working on the front lines. We meet his patients, hear from other addiction experts, and learn about the science and medicine of opioid addiction and its treatments. He shows us how addiction can be prevented, how knowledge can reduce stigma, and how epidemics can be beaten.
Dr. Ramin brings the hopeful message that just as patients and health care workers rallied together to fight HIV one generation ago, a coalition of patients, advocates, scientists, doctors, an
Trade ReviewA fascinating, wise, and humane analysis of one of the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century. * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Enlightenment Now *
A first-hand clinician’s account of one of today’s greatest social crises…. There are lessons here for everyone. * Jeff Turnbull, Medical Director of Ottawa Inner City Health *
Ramin's voice of concern echoes across the pages, supported always with a solid basis of research ...
The Age of Fentanyl: Ending the Opioid Epidemic is a thorough, thoughtful, and hopeful examination of the world of addiction. * Ormsby Review *
The Age of Fentanyl so perfectly captures the reality of this epidemic ... Each chapter is aimed not only to inform but as a call to action. Dr. Ramin strips away the curtain and points forward. * White Wall Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1: Knocking at the Door
Chapter 2: The Story of Opium
Chapter 3: The Engine of the Epidemic
Chapter 4: The Age of Fentanyl
Chapter 5: Explaining the Epidemic
Chapter 6: Treating Addiction
Chapter 7: Rethinking our Relationship with Opioids and Big Pharma
Chapter 8: Searching for Solutions
Chapter 9: Expanding the Treatment Tool Kit
Chapter 10: Treating the Whole Person
Chapter 11: Breaking the Cycle
Conclusion: Ten Steps Toward a Better Future
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
