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Kim Rutherford

Kim Rutherford is a family physician at Spectrum Health, Vancouver, B.C., and a clinical instructor at the Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia. She also works with Vancouver Coastal Health as an outreach physician in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
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