This follows data that showed 2022 was Burnaby's second deadliest year for illicit drug overdose deaths.
A report released by the BC Coroners Service today shows 211 deaths were recorded across the province during the first month of 2023, with the total number of deaths surpassing 200 for the eighth time in the last 16 months.This follows data that showed 2022 was the second-highest toxic drug death toll in a decade for Burnaby with 69 reported.
"Once again, our agency is reporting on preventable losses of life in heart-breaking numbers," chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a news release. "Toxic drugs pose a constant and ever-present danger to anyone who uses drugs. Anyone using any substance purchased on the unregulated illicit drug market is at risk of serious harm or death."
"As we continue to lose loved ones, the effects of the toxic drug crisis remain as some of the most urgent challenges we face as a province.
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