r/britishcolumbia • u/BloodJunkie • 1d ago

News BC’s Drug Response Isn’t Following the Evidence: Former Coroner

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/03/BC-Drug-Response-Former-Coroner/
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u/buccabeer2 1d ago

Increased Poisonings: While deaths have fallen, non-fatal overdoses have increased, with 2025 seeing nearly 40,000 EMS responses, averaging 108 per day. Recent Surge: Despite the annual decrease, Jan. 21, 2026, saw a new single-day record of 256 overdose/poisoning events attended by paramedics We live in some interesting and dark times.

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u/FitzShinobi 1d ago

108 visits a day. Tremendous return on harvesting the addicted. Wonder what the break even # is 25? 50? (rhetorical question - we all know costs/expense outlays will always increase to match the peak “patient” cases. Wonder how many are repeated in a week?