Ottawa/Victoria – Judy Darcy, BC Minister for Mental Health & Addictions says it’s money well spent to help young people at risk with substance use disorder. The overdose numbers for illicit drug use continue to rise with the average death…
Fraser Valley/Victoria – Twenty high-priority B.C. communities are receiving funding from government’s new Community Overdose Crisis Innovation Fund. The funding will support regions where the overdose crisis is the most prevalent and where local Community Action Teams (CATs) have been…
Vancouver – There were 109 suspected drug overdose deaths in May 2018. This is a 23% decrease over the number of deaths occurring in May 2017 (141) and a 12% decrease over the number of deaths occurring in April 2018…
Vancouver – A new study in The Lancet Public Health shows the rapid expansion of British Columbia’s Take Home Naloxone program significantly reduced the number of fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2016. The BC Centre for Disease Control, in partnership with…
Victoria – A Death Review Panel report released Thursday reviewed all illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia over a 19-month period, and makes recommendations to a number of ministries in government and related colleges in the province. The BC…
Vancouver/Victoria/Fraser Valley —No, it’s not slowing down. 4 people a day, die due to the opioid crisis. Illicit drug overdose deaths in BC rose in January 2018 compared with December 2017, with 125 people believed to have died from street…
Victoria/Fraser Valley – More than 1,400 British Columbians died due to suspected illicit drug overdoses in 2017, according to data released by the BC Coroners Service. Fraser Valley Numbers are included below: Preliminary data indicate there were 1,422 suspected drug…
Surrey – With opioid overdoses on the rise, the City of Surrey’s Fire Service has turned to technology to warn fire, police, and emergency health responders when a bad batch of drugs may have hit the streets. Through a partnership…
Surrey – Fraser Health is launching a new guide to help people have a conversation that could save a life. When Words Matter is a thorough, four-page guide to talking to someone you care about when you think they are…
Abbotsford – There were five fatal overdose deaths (in ten hours) in the city of Abbotsford between 10:15 AM and 7:20 PM on Friday. Needless to say, APD and Fraser Health, let alone the BC Coroner are rattled. Of those…