Tag: drugs

B.C.’s toxic drug deaths fall to pre-pandemic levels, with 109 deaths in May

Health Emily Joveski -
Preliminary data suggest toxic drug deaths in British Columbia fell to their lowest monthly level in more than five years in May.

B.C. launches AI-powered pilot for police to track toxic drug supply

Crime Emily Joveski -
British Columbia is launching a $600,000 pilot project using artificial intelligence and robotics to detect toxic substances in seized drugs and trace their origins.

No drug-related deaths in Kootenay-Boundary in October

Addictions My Kootenay Now -
A BC Coroners Service round-up of statistics relating to unregulated drug deaths showed our area was the only part of the province where no one died that month.

12 died in Kootenays due to toxic drugs in July, August

Addictions My Kootenay Now -
In the West Kootenay-Boundary, seven people died in July and one in August, for a total of 24 so far this year.

Two Trail men die suddenly in separate incidents

RCMP My Kootenay Now -
The men, both in their 60s, died within a day of each other.

Drugs claimed 11 lives in Kootenays in May and June

Addictions Greg Nesteroff -
The BC Coroners Service says eight people in the West Kootenay/Boundary and three people in the East Kootenay died in May and June as a result of toxic drugs.

Crisis in Numbers: The Toll of Toxic Drugs

Health Submitted Article -
The toxic drug crisis in British Columbia is reshaping the province’s approach to addictions and public health. The province declared...

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