Brodie Ramin

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Brodie Ramin practices family medicine, HIV primary care and addiction medicine, and is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa. He writes and speaks on prevention science, addiction medicine, exercise and health. His book The Age of Fentanyl was shortlisted for the Donner Prize. His latest book is Written in Blood: Lessons on Prevention from a Risky World.

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Oct 20, 2026

by Brodie Ramin

You think you know about drugs in the Netherlands. You’re probably wrong

A man in a Rotterdam clinic placed a large dose of pharmaceutical-grade heroin on a piece of foil, heated it from underneath and inhaled the vapour through a tube. I stood a few feet away, behind a glass wall, watching.