Deaths due to toxic drugs decreasing in region: B.C. Coroners Service

[ASFN Admin]

The number of unregulated drug deaths in the Kootenay Boundary region has dropped significantly in the first part of 2024, according to data released by the B.C. Coroners Service. One person in the Kootenay Boundary has died by drug poisoning in February, with a total of two in the region since the start of the year. The unregulated drug death rates per 100,000 population by health service delivery area (HSDA) — of which Nelson is part of the Kootenay Boundary HSDA — has dropped to 13.4 in 2024,

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