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 

CPSP 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