When someone overdoses at VANDU, pups Guess and Joy are quick to alert the nearest human
Paramedics were providing care to an unconscious person at the homeless shelter
That makes February the 17th consecutive month in which more than 150 lives were lost in B.C.
“It has been very hard on communities,” said Joyce Cooper of the Tsilhqot’in Women’s Council
Tanis Oldenburger of Chilliwack Overdose Prevention Society called numbers ‘atrocious, preventable’
Aaron Manson, 26, died after overdosing in his room in Kamloops
Funding will expand Tailgate Toolkit program, which has already been operating on Vancouver Island
Calls have nearly tripled since 2015, BCEHS says
Supervised consumption, education and other supports ‘reduce death and other harms’
Death toll in B.C. for 2021 has reached 1,782
Coroners service said that the death rate from illicit drug overdoses has risen to 39.4 per 100,000 residents
July has brought the death toll for the year to 1,204 deaths
There were 159 illicit drug deaths in June
Lack of support is driving deaths, because people waiting for help turn to toxic supply
New HPSA survey shows 1 in 3 Canadians do not know how to safely dispose of old, unused medications
60% of tests in May were positive for benzodiazepines, which cause challenges for first responders
More than one million naloxone kits have been shipped out to 1,860 sites around B.C.
