10 people in Lethbridge died to drug overdoses every month from Jan-Nov
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Government of Alberta has announced its latest statistics on the opioid crisis.
From the beginning of January to the end of November 2023, a total of 115 people in Lethbridge died as a result of drug overdoses.
That works out to an average of 10.45 deaths every month.
The greatest number of fatal overdoses occurred in April at 20, which is tied with February 2022 for the most in a single month in the city since tracking started in 2016.