BC Fentanyl

• ‘Absolutely devastating’: Recovering user reflects on B.C.’s worst year of the opioid crisis

  The BC Coroners Service reported 201 suspected deaths from illicit drug toxicity in October — the province’s deadliest month on record.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2021
  
• B.C. records deadliest month due to illicit drug overdoses in province’s history

  The BC Coroners Service said 201 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in October, while 2021 to date continues to be the deadliest year ever for such deaths.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2021
  
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• Vancouver mayor hopeful as Ottawa agrees to talks over decriminalization of drugs

  Vancouver city council voted unanimously in November to request an exemption to federal drug laws during the overdose crisis.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2021
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• B.C. reports 153 drug toxicity deaths in November

  The coroners service said last month was also a seven-per-cent drop from the number of deaths in October: 164.

  Dec 21, 2020
• Court rules convicted fentanyl dealers to get harsher prison sentences

  Many fentanyl dealers receive only six months in jail.

  Crime

  Mar 15, 2017
• B.C. sees spike in drug overdose organ donors

  There has been a spike in the proportion of organs coming from donors who have died of drug overdoses in B.C.

  Feb 18, 2017