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The New Drug Talk: Helping Pediatricians Navigate Today’s Drug Landscape with Youth and Families

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The drug landscape facing young people has changed rapidly, creating new challenges for pediatricians and families. This interactive CME webinar will introduce Song for Charlie’s Provider Toolkit and offer practical strategies for talking with youth and caregivers about today’s drug risks, healthy coping, and staying safe. Participants will leave with resources and approaches they can incorporate into routine pediatric care. 
Song for Charlie is a national, family-led nonprofit helping young people and families understand the risks of fake prescription pills, navigate today’s changing drug landscape and choose healthier alternatives to substance use.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Describe key changes in the current drug landscape affecting adolescents, including risks associated with fentanyl, counterfeit pills, and other emerging substances.

  • Apply practical, nonjudgmental strategies for engaging youth and families in conversations about substance use, healthy coping, and staying safe.

  • Utilize Song for Charlie’s Provider Toolkit and New Drug Talk resources to support prevention, reinforce healthy coping skills, and facilitate ongoing conversations with youth and families in pediatric practice.

  • Access to ready-to-use materials including waiting room assets, patient portal email templates, and after-visit handouts to help healthcare practices facilitate quick, impactful fentanyl and fake pill prevention conversations without extending appointment times.

 

Speakers

Speaker: Christina Julian, Director of Outreach, Song for Charlie

Moderator and Q&A Facilitator: William Burrough, MD, FAAP

 

Partnerships

This webinar is brought to you in partnership with:

 

CME Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco Office of Continuing Medical Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

‌UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)TM. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

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