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OD deaths down in ’18 in Tri-Cities Strategies in place for this year to battle opioid crisis locally Diane StranDberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
A slight drop in the number of illicit drug overdose deaths in Coquitlam last year is good news but a Fraser Health medical health officer says more work is needed to end the opioid crisis in B.C. This year, a community action plan is being developed with a $75,000 provincial grant to try to further reduce the number of opioid deaths in the Tri-Cities. Work is also ongoing to reduce the number of discarded needles found in public areas, according to Dr. Ingrid Tyler, and public information campaigns, free distribution of naloxone kits and a new opioid agonist therapy clinic in Port Moody are among the harm reduction strategies in
A worker carries construction materials at the Port Coquitlam recreation complex that is being renovated and expanded. For more on the massive project, please read the article on page 9. MariO barteL/tHe tri-CitY neWS
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place for 2019. At the end of November 2018, 20 people had died of an overdose in Coquitlam, compared to 29 people in 2017. Fentanyl was detected in most of the illicit opioid overdose deaths, according to the BC Coroners Service, which published the information this week. “We are very encouraged to see some reduction, or at least no increase, in 2018 compared to 2017 provincially. It is important for us to remember that the rates of deaths from illicit drugs or opioids in this case is much higher than three or four years ago. We are not out of the woods,” Tyler told The Tri-City News this week. She said the Tri-Cities have a relatively low rate of overdose deaths compared to the rest of the B.C. — 16 per 100,000 people versus the provincial rate of 30 per 100,000 people. see MULTIPLE OD, page 7
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