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The Opioid Chapters is  a new joint multimedia project of the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) and the website Healthy Debate. It features stories of 11 people whose lives have been profoundly affected by opioids. A joint project of the Ontario Drug Policy and Research Network (ODPRN) and the website Healthy Debate, this multimedia online series features powerful first-person narratives from people who take opioids for chronic pain, those with an opioid use disorder, and providers who work with both.

The stories reveal the singularity of each person’s experience with respect to opioids. Benjamin, a young father and student, is a strong proponent of harm reduction. For Fran, the best way forward from a history of addiction and ongoing chronic pain is Suboxone. Rupa, a family physician, partners with patients in an effort to help them taper off high doses of opioids. Michael has had chronic pain for 15 years and tried multiple treatments; opioids are what allow him to function.  

Taken together, these accounts also reveal the complexity of addressing what many are today calling an opioid crisis. There is no one solution. But to begin to make positive change, we need to understand the unique impact opioids have on different people’s lives.

 

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