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Illicit drug deaths reaches record high 914 in B.C. in 2016

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And this in a culture where Harm Reduction ONLY ideologies reign!?

Published on: January 18, 2017 | Last Updated: January 18, 2017 5:05 PM PST
British Columbia reached a new peak of 914 illicit drug overdose deaths last year with the arrival of the deadly opioid fentanyl. Nine people died from overdoses in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside overnight, says Vancouver's police chief. Vancouver Fire Department Medical Unit responds to an unresponsive man after he injected a drug in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, December, 9, 2016 in this file photo.British Columbia reached a new peak of 914 illicit drug overdose deaths last year with the arrival of the deadly opioid fentanyl. Nine people died from overdoses in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside overnight, says Vancouver’s police chief. Vancouver Fire Department Medical Unit responds to an unresponsive man after he injected a drug in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, December, 9, 2016 in this file photo.RICHARD LAM / PNG 

More than 900 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, but the provincial health minister says the toll could have been far higher and he warned the federal government Wednesday the epidemic is spreading across Canada.

The arrival of the powerful opioid fentanyl pushed the provincial death toll to a new peak of 914 overdose deaths in 2016. The BC Coroners Service reported the figure is almost 80 per cent higher than the 510 deaths due to illicit drugs in 2015.

Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said December was the worst month at 142 deaths, the highest monthly death total ever.

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