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Overdoses continue to skyrocket in B.C. seven years after the province declared the drug epidemic a public health emergency. Seven years after the province of British Columbia declared the drug epidemic a public health emergency, and just one month after the decriminalization of all drugs, overdoses continue to skyrocket. According to the Canadian Press, B.C. tragically set three new overdose records this March, just the second month after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government allowed the province to decriminalize all drugs starting February 1, 2023... In March, B.C. saw the most overdose calls ever recorded in one day (205), the...

The opioid epidemic continues to worsen in the U.S., with more people dying from heroin overdoses than firearm homicides, melanoma or HIV-related causes, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2015 at least 13,150 people died of heroin overdose, according to the CDC Wonder database, which houses public health data. .. firearm homicides .... was 12,974, .... HIV was 6,465 deaths. ... melanoma ... 9,940 deaths in 2015. The staggering number of deaths related to heroin use is just a part of the toll of the opioid epidemic. In 2014, 28,000 people died from...

Hooked on heroin: High warnings By Matt Porter Hooked on Heroin (WBNG Binghamton) As the heroin epidemic rolls on, the drug is appearing in some unlikely places including schools and jails. Kellie Musa helped found Dreams Over Drugs, a non-profit to provide help to students understand addiction, and works with two other former addicts to warn other students of her past. "My morals became broken, my self-confidence became broken, and all the morals my parents instilled in me were no longer strong," Musa told a class of students at Union-Endicott High School. She had hard truths about her addiction for...