179 people died from B.C.’s poisoned drug supply in October
At least another 179 lives were lost to B.C.’s toxic drug supply in October, according to preliminary toxicology findings from the BC Coroners Service.
In total in 2022 so far, 1,827 people have died from toxic drugs. That’s just nine deaths fewer than during the same period last year. By health authority, most October fatal overdoses occurred in Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health . A further 28 people died in each of Island Health and Interior Health, and 15 people passed in Northern Health.
On average across all of B.C., 41.7 people per 100,000 died from the toxic drug supply in October. That equals out to about 5.8 deaths per day.
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