Drug Overdose Death

• B.C. drug overdose deaths on pace with 2017’s record tally

  In 2008, there were 183 recorded drug overdose deaths in B.C. As 2018 draws to a close, the province has recorded 1,380 illicit drug overdose deaths so far.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2018
  
• BC Coroners Service releases expanded findings of overdose deaths

  The BC Coroners Service released a comprehensive report on drug overdose deaths between 2016 and 2017.

  Sep 27, 2018
  
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• A father’s grief, a community in crisis: The PIB’s war on drugs

  A member of the Penticton Indian Band talks about losing his son to a drug overdose.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2018
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• Ecstasy and booze killed young woman at Boonstock festival in Penticton

  Hospital personnel were able to restart Tolocka's heart three times, but she lost her pulse, and further resuscitation efforts failed.

  Apr 6, 2016