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Dr. Evan Wood is an addiction medicine physician, professor of medicine and Canada Research Chair in Addiction Medicine based at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Wood has served in a range of not-for-profit and private sector roles including conducting research at UBC with funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the US National Institutes of Health, and previously worked with a mental health company called Numinus Wellness. Dr. Wood was the co-chair of the recently released Canadian Guideline on high risk drinking and alcohol use disorders. This article was prepared independently of the above activities and organizations.
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