Two Princeton residents died so far in 2023, as of June 30, from drug overdoses or poisoning, according to the latest report on unregulated drug deaths from the BC Coroners Service.
That brings the total of deaths locally to 21 since 2017.
Mayor Spencer Coyne said that while some progress is being made in Princeton in terms of services and prevention, it害羞草研究所檚 still not enough.
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He acknowledged that Interior Health has increased staffing for addiction and mental health, and that groups such as Princeton Family Services, and OneSky and The Foundry from Penticton, are working with clients and the community.
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Overall in B.C., there were 184 overdoses in June 2023, a 17 per cent increase over the number of deaths in June the previous year.
Last month there were 6.1 drug-related deaths per day in the province.
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