Click here for the full article from Nanaimo News Now NANAIMO — More people died from drug toxicity last year than in any year previous. Grim new numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service shows 2023 will go down as the deadliest year in the toxic drug crisis so far, with […]
More than 2,500 lives lost to toxic drugs in 2023 Preliminary reporting released by the BC Coroners Service confirms that toxic, unregulated drugs claimed the lives of at least 2,511 people in British Columbia in 2023, the largest number of drug-related deaths ever reported to the agency. Click here to […]
From the BCCDC People with an opioid use disorder who were prescribed at least one day’s supply of opioids as part of the Province of British Columbia’s Risk Mitigation Guidance were 61 per cent less likely to die in the following week when compared to a similar group of people […]
From The Vancouver Sun Opinion: More than a century after legalization, governments have yet to properly regulate the drug that’s killing 10 times more people each year than the number dying from illicit drug overdoses. Published May 02, 2019 With so much focus on illicit drugs and overdose deaths, […]
A message from Ron Merk Co-Chair – Port Alberni Community Action Team “Hi Island CAT Teams 😊” The British Medical Journal released a research paper yesterday – https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076336 from BC – Safer supply trials/mortality rate reduction. The charts are incredible! (You’ll find a sharable link on our Port Alberni Facebook page. ) The Globe […]
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