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Joe Towstego, an animal lover with a good ear for music, has struggled with substance use for more than two decades. He likes reading English literature, especially Charles Dickens, plays guitar and, at one time, toured across the country playing in a band. He recently turned 41 and is living in and out of shelters in Vancouver.
Lon Towstego, a View Royal resident, lives with the reality that his son could be a coroners service statistic one day, despite the family’s efforts to support Joe and help him into recovery.
“I believe that he is dying a slow death,” he said.
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Heartfelt messages are left on a table as people come out to mark International Overdose Awareness Day during a mass group naloxone training seminar at Centennial Square in Victoria, B.C., on Saturday August 31, 2019. nbsp;When British Columbia s provincial health officer declared an emergency into the overdose crisis five years ago, he said it was because those who died deserved more of a response. Since then, Dr. Perry Kendall says roughly 7,000 died unnecessarily. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito April 14, 2021 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - When British Columbia s provincial health officer declared an emergency over the overdose crisis five years ago, he said it was because those who died deserved more of a response.
Since then-provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall declared an emergency over the overdose crisis five years ago, he says more than 7,000 people have died ‘unnecessary’ deaths