Overdose Fatality

• Amid record overdose deaths, B.C.’s top doctor calls for decriminalization

  "There's no more important time for us to do this than now," said provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

  Jul 16, 2020
  
• As overdose deaths slow, Vancouver pilot project looks ahead to treatment

  The initiative sees firefighters and health officials follow up with recent overdose patients and offer them access to services.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2019
  
• Advertisement
• B.C. overdoses claimed 3 lives a day in January, but that’s down 30% year over year

  The B.C. Coroners Service says 90 people died of suspected overdoses in January this year, down from 130 in January 2018.

  Health

  Mar 19, 2019