British Columbia's chief coroner released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year.
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British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe speaks during a news conference in the press gallery at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Lapointe released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year.for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year. Lisa Lapointe says drug toxicity remains the leading cause of unnatural death in B.C., and is second only to cancers in terms of years of life lost.
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