BC Setting Records for Overdoses, Drug Poisoning

BC Setting Records for Overdoses, Drug Poisoning
Evidence bags containing fentanyl are displayed during a news conference at Surrey RCMP Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Sept. 3, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Marnie Cathcart
Updated:
British Columbia, which recently decriminalized the possession of small amounts of hard drugs, set a record in March for the most overdose calls in one day.

The province also recorded the highest 30-day average of overdose calls and the most consecutive days where paramedics responded to 100 or more poisoning calls each day in March.