B.C. simultaneously sees record numbers of illicit drug overdoses for a second straight month
131 overdoses recorded by BC Emergency Health Services on June 26
Rachel Staples’s 15-year-old son Elliot Eurchuk died in April 2018
B.C. recorded record-breaking number of fatal overdoses in May
Carina Stone lost her husband Michael in 2017 to fentanyl poisoning
British Columbia recorded a record 170 overdose fatalities in May
Since 2018 there have been nine overdose deaths
More than 4,700 people have died of overdoses since B.C. declared a public health emergency in early 2016
‘We have two public health emergencies going on at the same time,’ said Dr. Karin Goodison.
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