Six of the lives lost in February were people under 19 years old.
Six of the lives lost in February were people under 19 years old, according to data from the B.C. Coroners Service released Tuesday.
“I extend my deepest sympathy to the many families, friends and communities who are grieving the loss of a loved one.” Additionally, between July 2020 and February 2022, etizolam —a benzodiazepine patients typically take for anxiety—was detected in 41 per cent of expedited testing results. “I recognize that the concept of safer supply is difficult for some to understand given the many decades of a punitive, enforcement-based approach to substance use,” Lapointe said, in the statement.
In 2022, 86 per cent of illicit drug toxicity deaths occurred inside and 13 per cent occurred outside, according to the coroner.Following the coroner’s announcement, Sheila Malcolmson, B.C.’s minister of mental health and addictions, issued a statement calling the number of deaths “heartbreaking.”
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