Still Walking the Tightrope
The BC Coroners Service reported that 392 people died from toxic drugs in November and December in BC, bringing 2022’s death toll to 2,272, the second largest number of drug deaths ever reported in a calendar year.
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10,000 lives lost to toxic drugs
British Columbia has now lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since April 2016, according to the BC Coroners Service.
Toxic drug alert texts now available in Interior
A new text-based health alert system has been launched across the Interior Health region in response to the ongoing toxic drug emergency. Drug alerts play an important role in empowering people who use drugs to do so more safely.
BC is in a ‘worse place than ever’ for toxic drug deaths
British Columbia lost more people to toxic drugs in 2021 than any other year.
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