Rising drug poisonings prompt rare B.C.-wide alert over medetomidine | Page 4 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: January 28, 2026 - 11:05

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Rising drug poisonings prompt rare B.C.-wide alert over medetomidine

January 28, 2026
The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a provincewide drug alert as poisonings rise, warning that medetomidine is increasingly present in the unregulated drug supply.


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