BC Drug Overdose Deaths

• 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
  
• Record toxic illicit drug deaths in B.C. show 1,534 people have died this year: coroner

  The BC Coroners Service says 181 people died in August and 152 in September, record figures for both months, bringing the number of fatalities since the start of the year to 1,534.

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  Nov 9, 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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• Major spike in overdose deaths in Interior Health region amid COVID-19 pandemic

  Health officials say the drug supply is becoming increasingly unpredictable and highly toxic due to border closures and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Jun 11, 2020
• Drug overdose deaths in B.C. rise to 488 for 2017

  British Columbia's coroners' service says there were 136 suspected overdose deaths in the province in April.

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  May 31, 2017