| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Überdosis - Drogentod
Kanada. Smoking, Not Injecting, Now Linked to Two-Thirds of BC Overdose Deaths
Kanada. Smoking, Not Injecting, Now Linked to Two-Thirds of BC Overdose Deaths
mid a mass exodus from injecting drugs to smoking them, the push for safe consumption sites (SCS) in North America has yet to fully mobilize around safe inhalation spaces. According to data from the British Columbia Coroners Service, 65 percent of unregulated drug deaths recorded from January 2023 through the end of August were linked to smoking. Injecting was linked to 15 percent of deaths, and snorting/sniffing to 14 percent. (Filter, USA, 02.10.2023)