Teen Overdose

• Carson Crimeni’s dad attends court for 1st appearance of man charged in son’s overdose death

  A 20-year-old man, who cannot be named because he was a youth at the time of the incident, has been charged with manslaughter in the 14-year-old's death.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2021
  
• Renewed calls for rehab help after 2nd Vancouver Island youth drug death

  Bella Jones, 17, died last week in Nanaimo, the second youth to die of a suspected overdose on Vancouver Island in as many months.

  Health

  May 7, 2021
  
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• Online fundraiser started for families of 3 Strathmore teens who overdosed on opioids

  A fundraising page has been set up on Facebook to help the families of three Strathmore, Alta., teens who overdosed on opioids last month.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2019
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• Strathmore teens fighting for their lives after being rushed to hospital

  Three Strathmore teens are in serious condition in Calgary hospitals tonight.

  Health

  Sep 22, 2019
• ‘Always have you in my heart’: Tears flow at funeral for Langley teen who died of suspected overdose

  Carson Crimeni, who would have started Grade 9 next week, is remembered in his obituary as "a fun-loving jokester who loved to make everyone laugh."

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2019
• ‘It’s so wrong’: Family, peers call for justice in apparent overdose death of Langley teen

  "I think someone needs to be held accountable. They had all that time to do something," said a friend of Carson's who's viewed a video of his final hours.

  Aug 10, 2019
• Langley teen’s skate park death ‘believed to be an overdose’: RCMP

  On Thursday night, hundreds of people turned out to a tearful candlelight vigil for the teen.

  Aug 9, 2019
• Drug dealer who sold MDMA that killed Port Coquitlam 13-year-old pleads guilty

  The teen girl died in July 2017, after she and a friend bought drugs from a street-level dealer at the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station in New Westminster.

  Crime

  Oct 4, 2018
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• Father of Oak Bay teen overdose victim calls for more control over kids’ medical decisions

  "It needs to happen today."

  Health

  Jun 8, 2018
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• 14-year-old girl dies from apparent drug overdose in Surrey

  RCMP responded to a call about a teenager in distress at an apartment building in the Surrey Central area before 9 a.m. on Oct. 6.

  Oct 18, 2017