BC Drug Deaths

• B.C. drug advocacy group argues illegal ‘compassion club’ model reduces overdoses

  The pilot study used 42 drug-using participants, giving them access to illicit drugs that have been tested to prevent overdoses.

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  Sep 20
  
• B.C. toxic drug deaths in 2023 approach record numbers

  Numbers released by the BC Coroners Service show deaths from toxic, unregulated drugs have nudged record levels across the province for the second year in a row.

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  Apr 18
  
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• More than 1,600 deaths from illicit drugs in first 9 months of the year

  At least 171 people died from the toxic illicit drug supply in September alone, according to the BC Coroners Service.

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  Nov 7, 2022
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• B.C. toxic drug deaths double since 2016

  Grim statistics from British Columbia's coroner show the rate of toxic drug deaths has doubled since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016.

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  Sep 15, 2022
• Close to 200 people died from poisoned drugs in B.C. in May

  The numbers released are a 22 per cent increase from the number of deaths reported in April 2021, and bring the total number of poisoned drug deaths in 2022 to at least 940.

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  Jul 14, 2022
• More females, older people overdosing in B.C.

  The median age of those who died between March 2020 and February 2022 was 44, but the number of deaths in older age groups continues to rise.

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  Jun 9, 2022
• Safer drug supply needed to prevent illicit drug deaths, says new B.C. coroner’s report

  The report, released by a panel of experts convened by the BC Coroners Service, looked at the circumstances around 6,007 deaths from illicit drugs toxicity.

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  Mar 9, 2022
• Illicit drug deaths in July second highest month ever, says B.C. coroner

  A new report from British Columbia's coroner says suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in July were the second-highest ever recorded in a single month in the province.

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  Sep 29, 2021
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• Opioid crisis: 127 people in B.C. died of illicit drug overdoses in September

  It's a 112-per-cent increase over the same period last year, but is down 15 per cent from the month prior.

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  Oct 20, 2020
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• B.C. records highest ever number of opioid deaths in May

  The province recorded 170 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in May.

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  Jun 11, 2020