Teens Have Privacy Rights, Doctor Tells Inquest Into 16 Year Old’s Opioid Death

Teens Have Privacy Rights, Doctor Tells Inquest Into 16 Year Old’s Opioid Death
Elliot Eurchuk in an undated family photo. The 16-year-old was found dead on April 20, 2018, after taking too much street drugs. The Canadian Press
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VICTORIA—Two family doctors and an orthopedic surgeon told a British Columbia coroner’s inquest Thursday about the dilemmas they faced treating a 16-year-old patient who denied he was abusing drugs but showed signs of a growing opioid addiction.

Elliot Eurchuk was found unresponsive in his bedroom on April 20, 2018 and the coroner’s jury has heard he died of a drug overdose.