Interior Health warns public of drug overdose spike
VERNON, B.C. — Drug overdoes are on the rise across British Columbia.
Dr Trevor Corneil, medical health officer with Interior Health, says there was 60 in their coverage area last year, and 15 in January this year alone.
“There are a few factors. A major one is the introduction of fentanyl (synthetic opiate) into the illicit system about five plus years ago,” Corneil told our affiliate Kiss FM.
Corneil says 80 percent of the fatal overdoses involved opiates.