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A Vancouver psychologist is among the few taking seriously that B.C.’s fentanyl crisis is predominantly striking males, mostly young.

Dan Bilsker, an assistant clinical professor at UBC, has for years been taken aback by the lack of interest in men’s psychological health, including from government agencies or researchers.

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He speculates that Canadians’ mystified reaction to the overdose crisis — which is taking the lives of more than 100 males and females a month in B.C. alone — is partly a result of failing to explore why it’s decimating so many men and boys.

The co-author of a Roadmap to Men’s Health will explore why almost four of five overdose deaths are males at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 at SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings.

The psychologist’s talk is titled The Fentanyl Crisis: A Men’s Health Perspective.

UPDATE: Dr. Bilsker’s 45-minute talk on Youtube

In advance of his Tuesday talk I asked Bilsker for some thoughts on the unprecedented devastation. Here’s Bilsker: