BC Overdose Numbers

• B.C. becomes first province to remove criminal penalties for possession of some hard drugs

  The B.C. government will now work with multiple agencies and organizations to establish indicators to establish outcomes.

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  May 31, 2022
  
• B.C. reports at least 160 overdose deaths in May

  May marked the 15th straight month with more than 100 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C.

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  Jun 29, 2021
  
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• 176 in B.C. died of an overdose in April, coroner reports

  April marked the 14th straight month that saw more than 100 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C.

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  Jun 1, 2021
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• Nearly 500 in B.C. died of an overdose in first three months of 2021, coroner reports

  Toxic illicit drugs have killed 498 people during the first three months of 2021. That's 97 more than the same time period last year.

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  Apr 29, 2021
• ‘The same sadness and more lives lost’: Frontline workers reflect on 5 years of B.C.’s overdose crisis

  Since 2016 more than 7,000 people have died of an overdose. One harm reduction advocate says "these deaths are "preventable."

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  Apr 14, 2021
• 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
• Overdose crisis: Number of B.C. deaths so far this year now surpasses all of 2019

  The total number of illicit drug deaths in the first eight months of this year have surpassed the total for all of 2019, the coroners service said.

  Sep 23, 2020
• More health professionals can now prescribe safe drug alternatives to battle overdose crisis

  To date, more than 1,000 people in B.C. have died of an overdose in 2020.

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  Sep 16, 2020
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• B.C. overdose deaths hit record high for second consecutive month

  For the second straight month the BC Coroners Service is reporting a record-breaking number of illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected deaths.

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  Jul 16, 2020
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• B.C. overdose deaths down 36% in 2019, but officials say safer drug supply needed

  The BC Coroners Service says there were 981 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths last year, an average of nearly three deaths per day.

  Feb 24, 2020