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What we know about toxic drug fatalities since B.C. declared a public health emergency
Description
August 16, 2022
On Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, chief coroner Lisa Lapointe presents an overview of the drug toxicity fatalities in B.C. since a public health emergency was declared in April 2016. Lapointe shows the trends of 2022 and who and where people are dying across British Columbia. She says it is not a crisis focused on any one particular type of person but that "anybody who uses any drugs that they purchase off the illicit market is at risk."
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Description
August 16, 2022
On Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, chief coroner Lisa Lapointe presents an overview of the drug toxicity fatalities in B.C. since a public health emergency was declared in April 2016. Lapointe shows the trends of 2022 and who and where people are dying across British Columbia. She says it is not a crisis focused on any one particular type of person but that "anybody who uses any drugs that they purchase off the illicit market is at risk."
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