Acute life-threatening harms related to illicit/non-medical use of opioids, stimulants, or sedatives

2024 - 2027 - Current

Principal investigators

Matthew Carwana, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAAP, Paediatrician, BC Children’s Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, matthew.carwana@cw.bc.ca

Nicholas Chadi, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAAP, Adolescent and Addiction Medicine, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Université de Montréal, nicholas.chadi.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Eva Moore, MD, MSPH, FRCPC, FAAP, Adolescent Medicine Physician, BC Children’s Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, eva.moore@cw.bc.ca 

CPS News

• Substance use and overdose trends in youth (2025)

  https://cps.ca/en/blog-blogue/new-cpsp-study-aims-to-close-data-gaps-on-substance-use-and-overdose-trends-in-youth

Surveillance Highlights

• Supporting adolescents presenting with illicit drug toxicity

  Matthew Carwana, Eva Moore, Nicholas Chadi, Supporting adolescents presenting with illicit drug toxicity, Paediatrics & Child Health, 2024;, pxae078, https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxae078