B.C. also set a record for the highest number of overdose deaths in the first half of the year, with 1,095 deaths from January to July.
In the first half of 2022, 1,095 British Columbians died from accidental overdose deaths, the highest recorded in the first six months of a calendar year. Last year, 1,071 people died over the same period, contributing to a record-setting 2,264 deaths for 2021.
. That’s the lowest figure of any month this year, and a 17 per cent decrease from June last year when 175 people died. According to post mortem toxicology reports, deaths with “extreme fentanyl concentrations,” defined as more than 50 ug/L, made up 17 per cent of all deaths from November 2021 to June, compared to 13 per cent from April to October 2021 and eight per cent from January 2019 to March 2020.
Charlesworth said there needs to be a full array of substance use and supportive services available for young people, including harm reduction and safer supply. B.C. has added substance-use beds in the Okanagan, Nanaimo, Maple Ridge and Prince George, and addiction medicine services in Vernon, Kamloops and Abbotsford.
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