A look at how up to date provinces keep their opioid overdose numbers
VANCOUVER — A look at how up to date the provinces have kept the statistics around opioid overdose deaths, including those linked to fentanyl:
British Columbia: October 2016
In the first 10 months of 2016, there were 622 unintentional overdose deaths from illicit drugs in British Columbia. Of those deaths that occurred before October, 332 were linked to fentanyl.
Alberta: October 2016