The city has lost 31 people to toxic drug deaths in 2023
According to new data from the BC Coroners Service, Northern Health saw seven deaths in May due to drug toxicity, with three of those deaths occurring in Prince George.
While this is a 19 per cent decrease compared to the number of deaths reported in April, it equates to about 5.7 lives lost each day. So far in 2023, there have been 31 deaths recorded in Prince George and 74 throughout the Northern Health region . "Expedited testing in 2023 is positive for fentanyl in almost nine out of every 10 results, nearly double the positivity rate of methamphetamine and cocaine, the next most commonly identified substances. As long as people are reliant on the profit-driven unregulated market to access the substances they need, their lives are at risk."
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