Book of the Month - Overdose

Every month I will be featuring a book I've read.  This month's feature is Overdose by Benjamin Perrin.

Actually, the full title is Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis.

This was quite the eye-opening book for me.  Perrin's interviews with people on the street, families of 'victims', health experts, police and government officials etc etc show what is happening across Canada - specifically Vancouver's Downtown East Side.

I came to realize I had been a bit too quick to judge those who are caught up in this seemingly inescapable web of drug use and addiction.