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Feb 11, 2022 · The latest statistics from the coroner show a mishmash of drugs linked to deaths in B.C., with fentanyl and analogues like carfentanil detected in 91 per cent of fatal doses in December, and...
Free cocaine, meth and heroin for everyone: One city’s plan to tackle its drug problem. The province of British Columbia is the nexus of Canada’s drug overdose crisis and in its fifth...
- Ashleigh Stewart
Apr 14, 2024 · Thousands of people across the province have been impacted by the toxic-drug crisis. As of January, the BC Coroner’s Service says more than 14,000 people have died from toxic drugs in the...
May 7, 2024 · The government of Canada on Tuesday walked back part of a program allowing people in British Columbia to possess small amounts of drugs, including heroin and cocaine, without fear of criminal...
About 225,000 people are estimated to use illegal drugs in BC, and experts say a toxic street drug supply - laced with fentanyl and other products - places each of them at risk of death. Could...
- Nadine Yousif
Sep 8, 2023 · British Columbia is in the throes of an unabating toxic drug crisis, which as of July, had claimed at least 12,739 lives. Unregulated drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in the...
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May 4, 2024 · Drug overdoses from toxic substances are the leading cause of death among the largest swath of British Columbia’s population, those from 10 to 59 years old.
