The Truth About Canada's Opioid Crisis—Part 1

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

[ Part 1 of 3 ] Through the stories of four young Canadians from completely different walks of life—who all met the same devastating fate, we explore how Canada got itself into the mess that is the opioid crisis. Sophie Breen, Seth MacLean, Skye Crassweller and Morgan Goodridge were among the almost 40,000 Canadians who have died of toxic drug poisoning since 2016. Most of these deaths were accidental, caused by street drugs contaminated with deadly illegal fentanyl.

In this series, we learn what their families are saying about the current response to the opioid crisis, as we explore answers to urgent questions:

How do we stop the steadily rising drug poisoning deaths?
And why are so many Canadians seeking oblivion to escape from their pain in the first place?

Special thanks to the families of Sophie Breen, Seth MacLean and Morgan Goodridge.

Resources for those affected by the Opioid Crisis:

More information:

Sophie Breen - Our family member died of a fentanyl overdose. We don’t think the man who supplied the drugs should go to prison by Mary Fairhurst Breen and Emma Feltes, Globe & Mail

Seth MacLean died in July. Authorities buried him weeks later without telling his family by John Lancaster, CBC news

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0:43.5	The podcast often has disturbing content and coarse language.
0:47.2	It's not for everyone.
0:48.2	Please take care when listening.
0:50.5	This is part one of a three-part series with each episode to be released a week apart.
0:57.0	Unlike our usual series, this isn't just one story.
1:01.0	It's a multifaceted exploration involving a number of families.
1:05.0	This is an extremely important subject so these episodes are also
1:10.0	densely packed with relevant and interesting connections to Canadian history that you probably weren't aware of.
1:16.0	We've put a lot of work into making this series as engaging and concise as possible,
1:21.0	but it's also quite heavy going. So please know it's okay to take a little
1:26.1	breather between each part if you need to.
1:29.9	If you or someone you know has been affected by the opioid crisis help is available.
1:35.8	Please see the show notes.
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