Overdose Report

VANCOUVER — The First Nations Health Authority says 89 members of its community fatally overdosed from illicit drugs across British Columbia …

“The illicit drug toxicity crisis in B.C. has resulted in a heartbreaking number of deaths in communities across British Columbia and, as we see from the …

There has been a staggering increase in overdose deaths among First Nations communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Legislative Bureau Chief …

COVID-19 measures contributed to spike in OD deaths among B.C. … More people died of illicit drug overdoses in May than in any other month in …

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people represent 3.4 per cent of the province’s population yet accounted for 16 per cent of all overdose deaths in the …

Deaths were relatively low, then suddenly, they received reports of about 11 fatalities within a week. She said that reporting was backed up due to the …

… has been an increase in drug use, since the pandemic began. In the month of May there were over 25 overdoses and six drug related deaths within …

… of drug overdoses so far in 2020 in Minot has already surpassed 2019’s 12-month total. Last year, there were 29 overdoses and 3 overdose deaths …

The case of Dana Brown, who died in Wende Correctional Facility on Feb. 2, 2016, due to a drug overdose, languished for more than three years before …

… mandates in late March and most of the country, we’ve started to see a really alarming spike in drug overdoses and in some cases, overdose deaths …