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DESCRIPTION:The Research Group in Health and Law welcomes Louis Letellier d
 e St-Just\, Caroline Hosatte-Ducassy and Nicholas King\, for a conversatio
 n about the health\, social and legal issues surrounding the opioid epidem
 ic\, as well as possible steps to deal with this crisis moving forward. Th
 is event is bilingual.\n\nAbstract\n\nOpioids are drugs with pain relievin
 g properties that are prescribed for a number of conditions\, often for pa
 in-relief. They can also be produced or obtained illegally. The misuse of\
 , and addiction to\, opioids has become a national public health crisis. O
 verdoses and death caused by opioids continue to rise with a reported 3\,9
 87 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada in 2017\, according to the Gov
 ernment of Canada. The crisis is also putting increasing pressure on the c
 ountry’s health care systems. In November 2016\, the Canadian Minister of 
 Health brought together health partners to commit to joint action to addre
 ss the Opioid Crisis. This past month\, the British Columbia government la
 unched a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies in the opioid industry f
 or downplaying the risks of opioids.\n\nPanellists\n\nMe Louis Letellier d
 e St-Just est avocat en droit de la santé et cofondateur et actuel préside
 nt de CACTUS MONTRÉAL\, le premier programme d’échange de seringues en Amé
 rique du Nord. Il est membre du conseil d’administration du Réseau juridiq
 ue canadien VIH/Sida et a été l’un des procureurs impliqués dans l’affaire
  INSITE devant la Cour suprême du Canada. Chargé de cours à la Faculté de 
 médecine de l’Université de Sherbrooke au sein de son département de toxic
 omanie\, il s’intéresse particulièrement à la question du changement des p
 olitiques en matière du contrôle des drogues et les droits humains.\n\nDr.
  Caroline Hosatte-Ducassy\, who graduated from Université Laval's Medical 
 School in 2015\, currently completing her emergency medicine residency at 
 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ. She has always been interested in organizational\, medicolegal and
  ethical issues and therefore completed in 2018 a master’s in health law a
 nd policy at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her final essay dealt with the 
 role of prescribers in the current opioid crisis\, a daily challenge encou
 ntered in the emergency room and first line medical practice.\n\nDr. Nicho
 las B. King is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit and an
  Associate member of the Institute for Health and Social Policy and Dept. 
 of Epidemiology\, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Universi
 ty\, where he also directs the Policy and Data Science program. He has wri
 tten on the ethics and determinants of\, and policy responses to increasin
 g opioid-related mortality.\n\nAccreditation has been requested from a rec
 ognized provider for 1.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education for jurists.
 \n
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LOCATION:NCDH 312\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Tackling the Opioid Crisis
URL:/law/channels/event/tackling-opioid-crisis-289408
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