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Abbotsford easily surpasses Chilliwack in toxic drug deaths thus far in 2024
CHILLIWACK — The provincial government says at least 1,158 British Columbians have lost their lives to unregulated drug toxicity in the first half of 2024, including near four dozen fatalities in Abbotsford alone.
According to preliminary data from the B.C. Coroners Service, 45 people in Abbotsford have died from unregulated drugs in 2024 alone, exceeding Chilliwack’s tally of 11 fatalities in 2024. The statistics account for deaths through June 30.
Chilliwack saw 59 fatalities in 2023 from unregulated drugs, 49 the prior year in 2022.
Abbotsford recorded 91 deaths in 2023, 92 fatalities the year prior in 2022.