Major - The Opioid Crisis
GEND 3357 The Opioid Crisis
Prerequisites:
Any 18 credits
Antirequisites:
GEND 3057 in taken in winter 2021
Hours:
3 hours of lecture/seminar per week for a total of 36
hours
Credits:
3
Description:
Students examine the complex health and social impacts of opioid use as well as public health strategies for reducing harm. Opioids killed nearly 14,000 and hospitalized close to 17,000 Canadians between 2016 and 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly expanded and accelerated these losses representing a parallel if largely invisible public health emergency.