News Items tag as: Carfentanil

Interior Health issues overdose alert
March 29, 2019 - 10:17 AM

KELOWNA - Deadly doses of carfentanil have hit the Interior Health region hard this month so authorities are warning people not to use illicit drugs.
Public warned of possible presence of powerful opioid carfentanil in Vernon
March 16, 2018 - 2:12 PM

VERNON - Drug users are being warned about the possible presence of the potent opioid carfentanil in Vernon.
Overdose deaths up 50 per cent in Okanagan this year
June 27, 2017 - 10:58 AM

OKANAGAN - Interior Health is warning Okanagan drug users about the lethal effects of their habit after overdose deaths in the region spiked this year.
Illicit drug overdoses decrease in the Interior Health Authority for second month
March 17, 2017 - 11:20 AM

KAMLOOPS - New statistics from the B.C. Coroners Service show the number of people dying from illicit drug overdoses has decreased regionally and provincially two months in a row.
Naloxone training begins for staff at Kamloops schools
March 03, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Staff officials with School District 73 have officially begun naloxone training.
Drug test confirms deadly opioid carfentanil in the Interior
March 02, 2017 - 10:22 AM

KELOWNA - An opioid 100 times more toxic than fentanyl now poses a threat in the Southern Interior.
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Interior Health issues overdose alert