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Ottawa 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 Now
In 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, and nurses is once again finding solutions and making plans to stem the overdose deaths, block the spread of fentanyl, and end the epidemic.
“A fascinating, wise, and humane analysis of one of the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century.” — Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now
In 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, and nurses is once again finding solutions and making plans to stem the overdose deaths, block the spread of fentanyl, and end the epidemic.
Price: $20.99
Pages: 232
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
07 April 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781459746701
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
MEDICAL / Pharmacology, Pharmacology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Chemical, biotechnology & pharmaceutical industries
A fascinating, wise, and humane analysis of one of the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century.
A first-hand clinician’s account of one of today’s greatest social crises…. There are lessons here for everyone.
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.
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.
A first-hand clinician’s account of one of today’s greatest social crises…. There are lessons here for everyone.
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.
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.
Brodie Ramin is a primary care and addictions physician. He is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Ramin lives in Ottawa.
Introduction
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
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