Leslie Mcbain will tell her story on Saturday — International Overdose Awareness Day — at one of several events being held to mark the occasion.
Leslie Mcbain lost her son to a drug overdose 10 years ago. Since then, she has worked to help others whose loved ones also died from substance use.
Mcbain will tell her story on Saturday — International Overdose Awareness Day — at an event to mark the occasion at Broad View United Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s St. Purple flowers have been planted in the courtyard at Our Place to represent the lives lost, said spokesperson Grant McKenzie. “That’s the hardest thing, I think, not only for people who are living on the streets but also the outreach workers who are working directly with them,” he said.
While the number of people in B.C. who have died from toxic-drug poisoning in the first half of 2024 is down from the same period in 2023, there are still about six deaths each day from the unregulated supply of toxic drugs, the B.C. Coroners Service said. About 15,000 people have died since 2016 in the province when toxic drugs were declared a public-health emergency.
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