The Coroners Service report says fentanyl is almost always detected in combination with other substances.
LANGLEY, B.C. — The latest illicit drug overdose numbers in British Columbia are"profoundly troubling," says Premier David Eby, lamenting the deaths of 206 more people in communities across the province last month.
Fentanyl continues to be the main and most lethal driver of B.C.'s drug overdose crisis, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a statement. Eby, who was in Langley, east of Vancouver, to announce the opening of a new elementary school, said the province's aim of helping people get addiction treatment is up against the spectre of deadly illicit drugs circulating in communities.
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