B.C.’s opioid crisis grows, as nearly 1,500 died of fentanyl overdoses last year, coroner reports
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Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said the province must be ready to do things differently to save lives, adding that the drug supply is unpredictable and the opioid fentanyl was detected in 86 per cent of the overdose deaths.