Unregulated drugs killed fewer people in 2024 in B.C., but advocates say numbers still far too high
- Toxic drug deaths in British Columbia decreased by 13 percent in 2024, according to the BC Coroners Service.
- Despite the decline, 2,253 people died of overdoses in B.C. Last year, according to Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan.
- Fentanyl was involved in 78 percent of drug deaths, highlighting its continued impact, according to testing data.
- B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne emphasized that the decrease in deaths does not lessen the grief in communities affected by these losses.
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