‘We know how to stop people dying from drug toxicity, can you please listen?’
In Revelstoke, two people died from poisoned drugs in the first months of 2023, bringing the total to 13 deaths since 2020
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Red alert: Interior Health warns of drugs samples with extremely high concentrations of both fentanyl and benzodiazepine
Interior Health issues urgent warning of illicit drugs circulating in the region that contain extremely high concentrations of both fentanyl and benzodiazepine.
A look inside Revelstoke’s opioid epidemic
A recent BC Coroners Service report listed Revelstoke among local health areas with the highest rates of drug overdose deaths. We spoke with stakeholders to find out what’s being done to combat a drug problem that remains largely unseen by the general public.
Revelstoke drug overdoses claim nine lives between 2018 and May 2020
A new BC Coroners Service report lists Revelstoke among local health areas with the highest rates of illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province
Panel mixer explores Revelstoke’s substance use issues
Service providers and those with lived experience give insight into drug use in Revelstoke
Revelstoke drug overdose ‘spike’ claims six lives in 2018
Fentanyl is at the root of overdose deaths affecting mainly young and middle-aged males
Has fentanyl or carfentanil made its way to Revelstoke?
Interior Health has confirmed that carfentanil, a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl, is present in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap region.
Red alert: Interior Health warns of drugs samples with extremely high concentrations of both fentanyl and benzodiazepine
Interior Health issues urgent warning of illicit drugs circulating in the region that contain extremely high concentrations of both fentanyl and benzodiazepine.
A look inside Revelstoke’s opioid epidemic
A recent BC Coroners Service report listed Revelstoke among local health areas with the highest rates of drug overdose deaths. We spoke with stakeholders to find out what’s being done to combat a drug problem that remains largely unseen by the general public.
Revelstoke drug overdoses claim nine lives between 2018 and May 2020
A new BC Coroners Service report lists Revelstoke among local health areas with the highest rates of illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province
Panel mixer explores Revelstoke’s substance use issues
Service providers and those with lived experience give insight into drug use in Revelstoke
Revelstoke drug overdose ‘spike’ claims six lives in 2018
Fentanyl is at the root of overdose deaths affecting mainly young and middle-aged males
Has fentanyl or carfentanil made its way to Revelstoke?
Interior Health has confirmed that carfentanil, a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl, is present in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap region.