Episode #111 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Sid Puri and Preventing Youth from Substance Use Disorder

Episode 111 February 06, 2023 01:06:15
Episode #111 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Sid Puri and Preventing Youth from Substance Use Disorder
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode #111 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Sid Puri and Preventing Youth from Substance Use Disorder

Feb 06 2023 | 01:06:15

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Show Notes

What is the best approach for preventing youth with substance use disorder? Learn from Dr. Sid Puri who reaches kids with SUD in LA County. "Prevention begins at birth or before." "It's the end of casual drug use" - because of fentanyl

Dr. Siddarth Puri

Dr. Puri is the Associate Medical Director of Prevention at the division of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC) at the Los Angeles Department of Public Health and an attending on the addiction consult service at Los Angeles County-USC Hospital. He completed his medical education at UC Davis and his adult psychiatric residency and both his child and adolescent, and addiction psychiatry fellowships at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.

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