Illicit drug deaths in B.C. dip slightly in February for second straight month
VICTORIA — The number of illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly for the second straight month in February in British Columbia, but the coroner’s service says the numbers are still much higher compared with a year ago.
The service says 102 people died in February, compared with 59 in February 2016.
According to the report, eight have died so far from overdoses in Nanaimo.
The provisional data says last month’s numbers show there was an average of more than seven deaths every two days.