Bc On Track For Second Straight Year Of 2 000 Toxic Drug Deaths Bc News
The rate of deaths from illegal toxic substances in the Okanagan is up this year, but down slightly in the Thompson-Cariboo. The latest statistics released by the BC Coroner’s Office confirm that 171 people died from toxic drugs in BC. September’s total is about the same as August (169) and equates to about 5.7 deaths per day. So far in 2022, 1,644 lives have been lost to toxic drugs, the most ever recorded in the first nine months of a calendar year....