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Overdose Deaths In B.C. Increase In January; Most In Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey

The Canadian Press, 06 Mar, 2018 01:02 PM
    VANCOUVER — Illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia rose in January compared with December, with 125 people believed to have died from street narcotics or unprescribed medications.
     
     
    The provincial coroner's service says the number of deaths in January increased 25 per cent from December, but decreased 12 per cent from January 2017.
     
     
    The province has been gripped by an overdose crisis fuelled by the powerful opioid fentanyl, claiming a record 1,436 lives last year.
     
     
    New statistics released by the coroner's service on Tuesday say the communities with the highest number of illicit drug overdoses in January were Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria.
     
     
    It says half of those who died were between 19 and 39, and 82 per cent were men.
     
     
    Ninety-four per cent of deaths occurred indoors, while only five per cent occurred outside, and there were no deaths at supervised consumption or overdose prevention sites.
     
     
    The coroner's service also says fatal overdoses were higher during the five days after income assistance payments were issued compared with other days of the month.
     
     
    The statistics include confirmed and suspected illicit overdose deaths. The data is subject to change as investigations are concluded.

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