October toxic drug deaths in BC

In 2022, 121 lives in the Thompson Cariboo health service delivery area have been lost due to toxic drugs; 10 of those took place in October. It is also the area’s second deadliest year. The Thompson Cariboo has a death rate of 59.5 per 100,000 people, down from 60.1 in August.

Provincially, 179 lives were lost due to the toxic drug supply in September for a year-to-date total of 1,827.

B.C. became the first province in Canada to remove criminal penalties for possession of certain hard drugs for personal use.