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Family members of overdose victims create "Overdose Maps" for Canada and the US which identify the location and connect a photograph of each victim.

Wonderful effort memorializes victims of fatal substances while including the below comment "Stop labelling addicts "bad people making bad choices," says B.C. Doctor."

To date, this post has never presented a post which addresses the character of any victim while it has strongly emphasized the consequences of choices made by adults who self-administer fatal substances.

[Lindemann thinks the map, which is hosted by Esri — the data visualization company Lindemann works for — personalizes the crisis, bringing a North America-wide problem to the doorstep of whoever sees it.
"People are inclined to pay attention if it's closer to where they live," he said.

• Stop labelling addicts 'bad people making bad choices,' says B.C. doctor
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He worked with Padaric to promote the map in Canada. Both think it has a noble purpose: banishing the shame associated with addiction and humanizing people who use drugs.]


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/opioid-deaths-map-1.4067384