More than 10,000 people have fatally overdosed since B.C. declared a public health emergency over toxic illicit drugs more than six years ago.
released by the BC Coroners Service Tuesday shows that at least 1,095 B.C. residents are believed to have succumbed to a toxic drug supply between January and June of this year.
Of those deaths, 78 per cent of victims were men and nearly the same number were between the ages of 30-59. Lapointe said with numbers of deaths higher than ever so far this year, and the overdose crisis now claiming more than 10,000 lives since a public health emergency was declared in 2016, a safe supply for drug users is a necessity to stem the crisis.
The BC Coroners Service also said that toxicology analysis on victims “shows no indication that prescribed safe supply” is what caused any deaths.
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