BC’s Toxic Drug Crisis Deaths Are Just Getting Worse – Toronto Star
June 2, 2021
Toxic drugs killed 176 people in April, putting British Columbia on track to record more than 2,000 deaths this year and see 2021 become its second consecutive most deadly year.
In the first four months of 2021, 680 people have died, 64 per cent more than the 390 deaths in the same period last year.
An average of about six people died each day in April, which was the province’s 14th month in a row with more than 100 deaths.
And recent data from the First Nations Health Authority shows intergenerational trauma and unsafe or unavailable health care has meant that First Nations people have been killed by toxic drugs at more than five times the rate of others in B.C.
