BC Reports ‘Significant Decline’ in Drug Deaths

BC Reports ‘Significant Decline’ in Drug Deaths
Photographs of overdose victims are displayed as members of Moms Stop the Harm mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, B.C., on Aug. 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
The Canadian Press
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British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a “significant decline” in fatalities this year.

A statement from the service says 1,925 people have died in overdoses this year, down nine percent from the first 10 months of 2023.