BC Coroners Service says 69 Burnaby lives were lost in 2022.
Almost 70 lives were lost in Burnaby to illicit drug overdoses during 2022, according to the latest data released by the BC Coroners Service.
Burnaby's highest-ever total since 2012 was 81 drug deaths in 2021, which was a 37 per cent increase from 59 in 2020. "Our province continues to lose an average of six lives every day, and many more people experience serious health consequences as a result of the unpredictable, unregulated drug supply. Death due to drug toxicity remains the leading cause of unnatural death in British Columbia, and is second only to cancers in terms of years of life lost."
Illicit drug toxicity deaths hit an average of 189 per month last year, which equated to roughly 6.2 lives lost per day. "Toxicology data confirms that the drug supply in British Columbia is increasingly volatile and life-threatening. The Standing Committee on Health and two BC Coroners Service death review panels are in agreement that we must rapidly increase access to a safer supply of substances, while at the same time, building out a robust system of evidence-based care.
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