Drugs becoming ‘even deadlier, underscoring urgent need for supervised consumption, safe supply and treatment,’ says coroner.
Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Each dot, a death.
Visualization by Christopher Cheung. Overdose data via the BC Coroners Service. COVID-19 data via BC CDC, may include deaths from the morning of Feb. 1, 2021.
At least 165 more British Columbians died of illicit drug overdoses in the first month of 2021, more than double the number of deaths recorded last January.
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