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Drop in drug overdose deaths

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Jun, 2024 03:50 PM
  • Drop in drug overdose deaths

Drug overdose deaths are down by 24 per cent between April last year and this April, but still B-C’s Coroner says 182 people died. 

Fentanyl remains the primary killer, with the drug detected in 82 per cent of test results for those who died so far this year. 

The coroner’s service says nearly half of those who overdosed were between the ages of 30 and 49. 

The latest figures lift the number of deaths since the public health emergency was declared eight years ago to 14-thousand 582 people.

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