The death rate from toxic drugs continues its relentless climb in the Interior Health Authority. The authority’s board heard that message from Interior Health’s medical health officer Dr. Carol Fenton
The Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation for Substance Use program provides specialized supports for people who use substances including opioids and alcohol.
First Nations people represent 3.3 per cent of B.C.’s population, but the health authority said 16.4 per cent of those who died from overdoses last year were Indigenous.
First Nations people represent 3.3 per cent of B.C.'s population, but the health authority said 16.4 per cent of those who died from overdoses last year were Indigenous.