Description: Virtual Presentation by Karen Boretsky, MD. & Sam Riega, MBA, RN. Objectives: Understand the problem of surgery as a gateway to persistent opioid use; Discuss why adolescents & young adults are uniquely susceptible to OUD; Discuss opioid sparing alternatives to opioid monotherapy; Discuss how adolescent brain development contributes to addictive vulnerability; Discuss illicit drug use in Grades 8 through 12; Discuss persistent use of opioids in pediatric patients following surgery.

Author(s): Karen Boretsky, Sam Riega

Title: Adolescents and Young Adults: Uniquely Susceptible to OUD. Part Four.

Series Title: Closing the Door on Surgery as a Gateway to Persistent Use of Opioids

Resource Type: Webinar

Format: Video, PowerPoint

Length: 40 minutes (video), 15-30 minutes (reading)

URL:  (video)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKEt12eyp50

URL:  (PowerPoint) https://www.c-who.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Module-4_Adolescents-Young-Adults_-v2a.pptx

Sponsored by: rEASON, C-WHO