News Items tag as: Fentanyl

Police raid impacts Okanagan drug trafficking ring
June 29, 2018 - 10:56 AM

LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP raided a home in Lake Country last week seizing a variety of drugs including a heroin-fentanyl mix packaged for sale.
Man charged with producing methamphetamine and fentanyl at Vernon drug lab
June 22, 2018 - 5:30 PM

VERNON - Charges have been laid in connection with a drug lab that was busted last year in Vernon.
Overdose death rate holding steady within Interior Health Authority
June 07, 2018 - 3:21 PM

Deaths from suspected fatal illicit drug overdoses across the province were down 23 per cent in April from the month before, according to the latest numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service.
iN GRAPHICS: Why you should still pay attention to the overdose crisis
May 18, 2018 - 6:30 PM

You've seen the headlines, you've known for a long time we have an overdose crisis in our communities and across B.C.
Spike in illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C.
May 10, 2018 - 10:53 AM

More than 160 people died from illicit drug overdoses in B.C. in March, the second-highest monthly total to date.
These tiny strips could save hundreds of lives
April 25, 2018 - 6:30 PM

Social service agencies in six Interior cities will be offering drug-testing strips for users.
Fatal overdose numbers in the Interior on par with last year: Interior Health
March 12, 2018 - 9:00 PM

As the overdose crisis enters its third year in B.C., people are continuing to die at an alarming rate from fatal overdoses.
Kelowna mom who lost two sons to overdose calls for mandatory prescription tracking
February 22, 2018 - 9:00 PM

KELOWNA – If a system that’s already in place across B.C. had been used, Helen Jennens' sons might still be alive.
Chief medical health officer faces grim 2017 overdose numbers for Interior Health
February 01, 2018 - 5:30 PM

After another year of ghastly overdose statistics for the Interior Health Authority in 2017, the chief medical health officers says about the best we can hope for next year is that all the measures put in place this year to combat the crisis finally bear some fruit.
Vernon judge calls drug dealer 'reckless' in selling heroin amid overdose crisis
January 31, 2018 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - A judge noted the high death toll from drug overdoses in the Vernon community as he sentenced a local man for dealing a mix of heroin and fentanyl.
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