In the same year that B.C. reported the most ever lives lost to the toxic drug crisis, paramedics in the province reported a 25 per cent increase in overdose call volumes from the year prior.
B.C. Emergency Health Services released a list detailing the annual number of drug-related poisoning calls in different communities throughout the province, dating back to 2016 – when B.C.
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