In this narrative, Dr. Arjun Sharma finds his preconceived notions of opioid addiction get challenged as he spends some time in Vancouver.Dr. Sharma is a first-year resident in internal medicine at the University of Toronto.He wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "Lessons from a naloxone kit."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190446Podcast transcript: https://www.cmaj.ca/transcript-190446-----------------------------------Music: Heartbreaking, YouTube audio library-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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Encounters — A medical resident confronts his misconceptions about the opioid crisis