After two months of no deaths from drug poisonings in Richmond, one person died of suspected toxic drugs in June, according to statistics released by the BC Coroners Service this week.
This brings the total number of deaths due to toxic drugs this year in Richmond to 10.
In B.C., there were 185 "suspected unregulated drug deaths" in June and, of those, 85 per cent of the rapid toxicology reports showed the presence of fentanyl.
The death rate in B.C. continues to hover around six people a day, although the coroner noted drug deaths in the first six months of 2024 are down nine per cent compared to the same time period last year.
So far in B.C. in 2024, there have been 41 deaths per 100,000 people.
The coroner notes that almost half of the people who died in B.C. of toxic drugs were in private residences and 34 per cent were in other indoor residences. Seventeen per cent died outdoors.
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