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Publication Date: April 8, 2026 - 08:27

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Decade of death: With 18K lives lost, B.C. counts cost of 10-year drug emergency

April 8, 2026
More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs in British Columbia since a public health emergency was declared on April 14, 2016. 


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