CONTENTS

Also by Benjamin Perrin

1 WHAT IS THE OPIOID CRISIS?

2 WHY IS FENTANYL KILLING SO MANY PEOPLE?

3 WHY DO PEOPLE START USING? WHY CAN’T THEY STOP?

4 HAS CRIMINALIZING DRUGS FAILED?

5 WHY ARE DEALERS KILLING THEIR CUSTOMERS?

6 CAN WE STOP FENTANYL AT ITS SOURCE?

7 WHO’S BEEN HARDEST HIT?

8 CAN WE PROSECUTE OUR WAY OUT?

9 WHAT IS NALOXONE AND IS IT THE SOLUTION?

10 DON’T SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES ENABLE DRUG USE?

11 IS PROVIDING “SAFE DRUGS” GIVING UP ON PEOPLE?

12 HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE STOP USING?

13 WON’T DECRIMINALIZATION MAKE THINGS WORSE?

14 HOW CAN WE SOLVE THIS CRISIS?

Appendix: Vancouver Declaration on Responding to the Opioid Crisis

Acknowledgments