Tag: Unregulated Drug Deaths

Work continues to reduce unregulated drug deaths in Northern Health

Health Logan Flint -
Northern Health is continuing to look at ways to reduce the number of unregulated drug deaths in the health authority.

Northwest B.C. unregulated drug deaths up through March

Health Logan Flint -
Three people died in March across northwest B.C. from unregulated drugs, up compared to a month prior.

Northwest B.C. records one unregulated drug death in February

Health Logan Flint -
According to the B.C. Coroners Service, that equated to a rate of 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people in the region, the lowest in Northern Health.

Northwest B.C. records three unregulated drug deaths in January

Health Logan Flint -
New data from the BC Coroners Service shows 14 people died in the Northern Health area to unregulated drugs in January.

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