In the first three months of 2023, 596 people have died in B.C. due to drug toxicity and an unregulated supply of drugs.
This news comes four days after the province marked the seventh anniversary of the public health emergency being declared due to the number of people dying of drug poisoning.
“Since the emergency was first declared, more than 11,000 people have lost their lives due to the unregulated drug supply. This is a crisis of incomprehensible scale, and I extend my deepest condolences to everyone who has experienced the loss of someone they loved.”, 197 people are believed to have died due to toxic drugs, which amounts to an average of 6.4 deaths per day.
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